Afghans

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
(140)
Afghans

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

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

Chocolate Icing:

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

Add your review

Glook

I’ve been making these since I was 9 and now I’m 11 and it just goes to show how easy it is to make. I would recommend this to anyone ages 8+ so easy and tastes DELICIOUS!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Lollip

This recipe is exotic!!! I have made it many times are it has never let me down so please put your hand together for this amazing recipe!

STARDUST

My absolute childhood FAVOURITE!
I make these often and as gifts for friends and special occasions. I make them with Weetbix for a finer crunch. Abs I also make giant size ones for gifts. Can't recommend this very wonderful all Kiwi traditional cookie enough.
Just remember to chill the dough before baking and they won't go flat

Amy

Best ever edmonda number one comes out
Crunchy all.the time even if u do by hand
Got try it will o ly come back to edmonds cook book

Georgina Amoa

Baking these afghan biscuits from edmonds cook book.NZ biscuits are the best thank you'

Puna Cunningham

Chocolate Afghans are my favourite biscuits,im going to bake some.

Annita

After growing up with Afghan biscuits back when I use to live in NZ, after moving to Australia they’re now my kids favourite biscuit. My youngest even loves the flavour so much she’ll try eating as much of the uncooked mixture as she can before they’ve even had the chance to be cooked!
Love the crunchy flavour, very moorish.
As we have a child with nut allergy’s, I sprinkle coconut after they’re iced with chocolate icing instead of the walnut - still very yummy

Tasha

I've made this recipe 4 times in the last weeks here in Oz and they are a true winner. I am no baker by any means and one thing my sister said to do was roll the mix and then put it in the fridge before baking. Heat the oven up and 15 to 30 mins later pull the biscuit log out and cut the biscuits and put on the tray to bake. This recipe is perfect and turned out Everytime which is a first for me hahaha

Fifi

Devine biscuit. Even make them over here in UK. Some memories are still perfect

Olive

They turned out kind of dry and crispy but not in a good way. Would not make again.

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