Tuesday, 29 April 2008

Afternoon Tea Slices and an Award!


I had a friend stay over at the weekend and she gave me this gorgeous bunch of flowers, my kitchen smells so lovely. I just adore having flowers in my kitchen. Thanks Marja!


I came across these wonderful looking Afternoon Tea Slices at Vi’s Pantry (a forum I belong to), Gail posted the recipe and pics. I immediately was drawn to them and couldn’t wait to try them out. They are a different take on Anzac Biscuits and are absolutely more-ish and one slice just won’t be enough! They are the perfect snack! Thanks Gail for sharing this great recipe.


Afternoon Tea Slices

1 cup rolled oats
1 cup plain flour
1/2 cup caster sugar
3/4 cup desiccated coconut
2 tblsp golden syrup
125g butter
1/2 tsp bicarb of soda
1 tblsp hot water
300g dark chocolate, melted ( I used milk chocolate)

Preheat oven to 160c. Combine oats, flour, sugar and coconut in a bowl. Place golden syrup and butter in a saucepan over low heat and cook until melted. Mix the bicarb with the water, add to golden syrup mixture and stir to combine. Add to oat mixture and mix well. Press the mixture into a lightly greased 20cm x 30cm cake tin lined with baking paper. Bake for 20 mins or until golden. Allow to cool in tin. Pour over the melted chocolate and refrigerate until set. Cut into squares.

Award

Priscilla at A Peek in Priscilla's Kitchen has kindly passed on this "You Make my Day Award" to me. She has a lovely blog and you really need to check out the pics of her beautiful chocolate labrador puppy, Lewis. His just soooo adorable, as is Priscilla for giving me this award. Thank you!

I am going to pass this award to the following:

Rosie at Rosie Bakes a Peace of Cake.
Brenda at Tea and Wheaten Bread.
George at Culinary Travels of a Kitchen Goddess.
Anna at At Anna's Kitchen Table.
Kelly-Jane at Cooking the Books.
Pixie at You Say Tomato, I Say Tomato.
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23 comments:

  1. priscilla joy29 April 2008 at 13:55

    Thanks Maria for putting this up...I am really hungary right now for those bars of yours! They look deelicious!

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  2. Pixie29 April 2008 at 14:52

    I love flowers around the house too. :) Congrats on the award and thanks for thinking of me, very kind of you!

    oh and, the bars look and sound sensational; I can't wait to try another batch of tea cakes!

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  3. Anonymous29 April 2008 at 15:45

    Those chocolate 'ANZAC' bars look wonderful, so delicious.

    The flowers are so pretty too, wonderful for livening up the kitchen :)

    Thank you very much for the award too!

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  4. Kelly-Jane29 April 2008 at 16:34

    Your bars looks so good, I could do with one right now! and thank you very much for the award :)

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  5. Anna's kitchen table29 April 2008 at 16:43

    Oh, those bars look so gorgeous! As soon as I'm back to eating normally, I'm going to be trying those!

    Thank you so, so much for the lovely award - it's so kind of you and it's cheered me up no end :-)

    xxx

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  6. Gayle29 April 2008 at 16:47

    I wish I hadn't seen those bars, my will power is seriously waning.
    Beautiful pictures as always.

    Gayle

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  7. Ruth Strong29 April 2008 at 17:27

    What beautiful slices, they look perfect for afternoon tea.

    PS I had given you this award a while ago.... did I forget to tell you? Sorry. http://justaddeggs.blogspot.com/2008/03/go-aheadmake-my-day.html

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  8. Maria♥29 April 2008 at 17:36

    Thanks everyone for the lovely comments.

    Ruth yes I got your award, thanks. I have it on the right hand side of my blog ;o)

    Maria
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  9. Ruth Strong29 April 2008 at 18:10

    Oh I see it now.... must have had my silly head on earlier.

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  10. Vicarious Foodie30 April 2008 at 02:38

    These look really good! I love the idea of afternoon tea and a delicious snack.

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  11. Brilynn30 April 2008 at 02:50

    As soon as I read "they are a different take on Anzac Biscuits" I bookmarked the recipe immediately!

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  12. Cakespy30 April 2008 at 06:45

    I am not sure if there are words for how good these look!!

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  13. Rhyleysgranny30 April 2008 at 08:30

    Those Anzac bars are brilliant. I don't know how you got them to look so perfect. They more than deserve to be on TS. Well done
    Thank you for the lovely award :) I am all chuffed
    xxx

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  14. Nickki30 April 2008 at 10:03

    They look delicious Maria, I could just eat one (or two! right now! I must give these a try soon. I'm really enjoying reading about all your yummy baking xx

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  15. Maria♥30 April 2008 at 11:19

    Thanks everyone for the lovely comments and I am so chuffed my slices got on tastespotting ;o)

    Brenda the trick is to cut them once they are chilled and out the fridge, this will give you that perfect cut edge look to them!

    Maria
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  16. Anonymous30 April 2008 at 15:55

    those look perfect! i wish we had afternoon tea here, so i'd have more or an excuse to make things like this. stupid america.

    what am i saying? like i've ever needed an excuse to eat chocolate.

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  17. Deborah30 April 2008 at 17:45

    Your slices are just so perfect! These sound delicious.

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  18. vonsachsen30 April 2008 at 18:36

    Wow, these slices look mouthwatering! Very elegant.

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  19. Thinking About Food1 May 2008 at 12:11

    Maria after seeing these on your blog I had to make them! They are really yummy, thanks for inspiring me!

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  20. Maria♥1 May 2008 at 15:48

    Thanks again to everyone whose left lovely comments. These slices really went down great with my boys. This recipe is a definate keeper!

    Maria
    x

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  21. Rosie6 May 2008 at 17:54

    What a lovely post Maria! Congrats on the award and thank you also for passing it on to me I am honoured indeed :)

    Just love those bars lol I'm going to snag the recipe now ;)

    Rosie x

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  22. Maria♥7 May 2008 at 14:04

    Rosie your very welcome and thanks for dropping by ;o)

    Btw you would love these afternoon tea slices!!

    Maria
    x

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  23. Katherine25 July 2008 at 07:51

    Hi Maria, just letting you know that I have linked to this post (and the blog in general) from my blog, http://ramblingsofastudentwife.blogspot.com/

    Btw, I LOVE LOVE LOVE this recipe!

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