Recipes Biscuits & Cookies Afghans

Afghans

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

30 mins

Prep Time

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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

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

Cindy

Love this recipe

Amanda

I didn't realize that there is n9 baking powder or eggs in afghan biscuits. This recipe is very good.

Ivy

I love how nice and creamy it is

Raewyn Hine

Have been making Afghan's for many years. For the last 5 years have been selling them at our local church market. Now they are world famous.

Sonya Ihimaera

I love ❤️ these!

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