Recipes - Part 1

Rocky Road

Makes: about 16 pieces

500g milk chocolate
250g packet pink and white marshmallows
2 x 100g packets red glace cherries, ½
200g packet crushed peanuts

Melt chocolate in a heatproof bowl over simmering water (or melt in a heatproof bowl in the microwave oven). Stir in marshmallows, cherries and nuts.
Pour mixture into a foil-lined 19cm x 29cm lamington tin. Refrigerate until firm. Cut into pieces to serve.

Mars Bars Slice

3 mars bars
3 Tablespoons margarine
3 cups rice bubbles

Melt margarine and mars bars in a large jug on full power, approximately 3 - 4 minutes or until mixture is smooth and liquid. Stir in quickly the rice bubbles. Press into a slice dish firmly and with the back of a spoon, smooth this to an even consistency.

This hould be done fairly quickly because it starts to cool almost immediately. For an extra, perhaps a little sprinkle of coconut looks decorative.

This cools very quickly - may be place in the fridge and cut into slices.

Note: Preparation time is 15 minutes. Allow time for setting.

Christmas Spice Cakes

100g butter
100g castor sugar
2 medium size eggs
100g self raising flour
50g sultanas
½ teaspoon mixed spice
25g icing sugar

Cream the butter and sugar well. Gradually beat in the eggs.

Fold in the sieved flour and mixed spice. Add the sultanas.

Half fill the baking cases. Bake at 190°C for 20 minutes. Cool.

Place a sprig of holly on each bun. Dust the tops with sieved icing sugar.

Rum Snowballs

10 weetbix biscuits
2 Tablespoon coconut (plus some extra for rolling)
1 Tablespoon cocoa
1 cup mixed fruit
1 tin condensed milk
2 Tablespoon rum

Crush the weetbix, then mix all ingredients together.

Take small pieces and roll into balls and then roll in coconut.

Place in fridge to set.

Makes 4 dozen.