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Afghans

This healthy makeover Afghan biscuit recipe is a family favourite. It's a quick and easy, low-cost option to fill the baking tin with and can be made gluten free.

  • Hands-on time: 10 mins
  • Time to make: 25 mins
  • Serving: 30 people (makes 30)
Ratings: 4.8
Ingredients

Ingredients

  • 200g reduced-fat spread, softened
    • ½ cup castor sugar
    • 1 cup plain flour
    • 1 cup wholemeal flour
    • 4 tablespoons cocoa powder
    • 2 cups cornflakes
    • spray oil
    • Icing
    • 1 cup icing sugar
    • 1 tablespoon cocoa powder
    • ¼ teaspoon vanilla essence
    • 1 tablespoon hot water
    • 30 (about ⅓ cup) walnut halves
  • Always check food labels for allergens or trace warnings before buying your ingredients.
    Ingredients

    Instructions

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    1 Preheat oven to 180°C . Cream spread and sugar until light and fluffy. In a small bowl mix flours and cocoa together then add to spread mixture. Fold in corn flakes.

    2 Spoon mounds of mixture onto a greased baking tray, gently pressing together and flattening. Bake at for about 15 minutes or until set. Cool on a rack.

    3 To make icing, sift icing sugar and cocoa into a bowl. Mix vanilla and water together. Pour into icing sugar and stir until combined. Spread on top of cold afghans and top each with a walnut half.

    Variations

    • Make it gluten free: Use gluten-free baking mix instead of flours, and check cocoa and cornflakes are gluten free.
    • Try using sultana bran flakes instead of corn flakes for a non-traditional but equally delicious version.

    HFG tip

    Makeover! You save…per serve

    110kJ or 26 cal
    2g total fat
    3g sat fat
    5g sugar

    What we did

    • Replaced butter with reduced-fat spread
    • Used some wholemeal flour
    • Reduced amount of cocoa
    • Halved the quantities of icing ingredients and omitted butter

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