Friday, March 9, 2012

Afghans

Afghans

200 grams butter
1/2 cup sugar
1 1/4 cup flour
1/4 cup cocoa powder
2 cups cornflakes
1/2 cup chocolate chips (this is my own addition, because I can't help myself)
Chocolate icing
Halved walnuts (or if you don't like walnuts, some slivered almonds or desiccated coconut)

First, heat the oven to 180 degrees celsius and prepare a couple of cookie trays.

Soften the butter, then beat in the sugar until it is creamy. Add the flour, cocoa powder, cornflakes and chocolate chips and mix the dough really well - you will have to use your hands eventually because this is a very stiff, crumbly dough.

Scoop balls of dough with a teaspoon and roll them into a ball, then press each onto the cookie tray. Bake for  about 15 minutes.


Let the cookies cool completely (don't move them from the tray too soon or they will crumble into pieces!), then ice them with chocolate icing and top with a walnut half (or a sprinkling of almonds or coconut).

2 comments:

  1. I made this sometime ago. Tried to figure out why its called Afghan, no consensus view. There's also Armenian nutmeg cake in Australia (but not in Armenia), Sicilian Orange Cake in Australia...And I saw Fiji salad in Kyrgyzstan. The world is lacking creativity:)
    Enjoy your weekend

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  2. I have never heard of these! I'm very curious now too. Samoas are pretty darn tasty. Thank you for linking to Foodie Friday! Not Your Ordinary Recipes
    Not Your Ordinary Agent

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