Afghans

Name: Afghans Biscuits
Prep time: 30 min
Total time: 30 min

Kiwis are proud to call this chocolaty, crunchy classic their own.

An NZ favourite, Afghans are rich, chocolatey biscuits with a satisfying crunch from cornflakes. Topped with a generous dollop of chocolate icing and a walnut, they’re simple to make and always a hit. Perfect for filling the biscuit tin or sharing with friends over a cuppa.

30 mins

Prep Time

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Ingredients

200g butter, softened
½ cup Chelsea white sugar
1¼ cups Edmonds standard grade flour
¼ cup cocoa
2 cups cornflakes
24 walnuts (optional)

Chocolate Icing
2 cups Chelsea icing sugar
25g butter, softened
2 Tbsp hot water
¼ tsp vanilla essence
2 Tbsp cocoa

Method

Preheat oven to 180ºC. Grease or line a baking tray with baking paper.
Cream butter and sugar until light and fluffy. Sift flour and cocoa. Stir into creamed mixture. Fold in cornflakes.
Spoon mounds of mixture onto the tray, gently pressing together.
Bake for 15 minutes or until set.
When cold, ice with chocolate icing and decorate with a walnut if wished.

Chocolate Icing:

For the icing, sift icing sugar and cocoa. Add the butter.
Add enough water to make the icing spreadable. Mix in the vanilla.

Add your review

Eden

Delicious!!

Awhina Stevens

This Afghan recipe is so yummy. I topped it with caramilk icing though.

Kathy

lovin it

A really good thing about this recipe is it is so easy

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Marjorie

Great memories from my childhood.

Squiggles

I absolutely hate this recipe I followed all the steps and it came out burnt to the crisp and I tried again and still after 8 mins of cooking burnt. I'm sorry to leave such a bad review but I didn't have a good experience with this recipe but therefore it may have been me the chef.

Marie D

These are a firm favourite whenever I make them and always get requested.

Awhina Joanna

I an making afghans for Christmas using the same recipe but making it gluten free

Suzy

My nana used to put lemon juice in the chocolate icing and it really added that extra zing of flavour to the icing!
I never make Afghans with out doing this now. So yummy.