OATY CHOC CHIP CRUNCHIES

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This recipe is as near as a South African 'Woolies' choc chip cookie as can be... It was adapted from 2 other recipes to get the texture and taste to satisfaction

Provided by mamazee 2

Categories     Dessert

Time 30m

Yield 45-50 cookies

Number Of Ingredients 10

250 g butter or 250 g margarine
2/3 cup sugar
2 cups flour
2 cups coconut
2 cups oats
2 tablespoons golden syrup
2 tablespoons boiling water
1 teaspoon bicarbonate of soda
1/2 cup pecan nuts, chopped
1 cup chocolate, nibs or 1 cup chocolate chips

Steps:

  • Mix syrup, bicarbonate of soda and boiling water in a small bowl.
  • Beat together butter and sugar till slightly creamed, add flour sugar and coconut to the creamed mixture.
  • Add choc chips and nuts and fold into dough, you may need to use flour carefully so that the dough does not feel too dry.
  • Roll dough into sausage shape 2cm in diameter approximately.
  • Cut into 1 cm slices and place on baking sheet, do not smooth top, leave looking rough, simply push in choc chips if they are loose.
  • Bake in moderate oven till golden brown.
  • When all the cookies are baked switch off oven and place all cookies next to each other in once or 2 pans and replace in oven and leave for a couple of hours until crisp.
  • Keep in airtight tin, and if they soften re-dry in oven.
  • Eat plain or pipe squiggly line over with melted milky bar chocolate.

Nutrition Facts : Calories 135.9, Fat 9.6, SaturatedFat 6.1, Cholesterol 11.9, Sodium 62.8, Carbohydrate 12.3, Fiber 1.7, Sugar 3.6, Protein 1.9

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