Quick N Easy Hedgehog Slice

An Aussie classic! So easy and fast and yummy! Everyone does theirs differently; mine is from the text book every Aussie kid uses for Home Ec in high school, Cookery the Australian Way. If you like a thick slice, double the recipe! Hope you like it!

• Ready In: 20 mins
• Yields: 24 pieces

Ingredients

• 2⁄3 cup butter
• 1⁄2 cup caster sugar
• 2  tablespoons  cocoa
• 2  tablespoons  desiccated coconut
• 1  egg, beaten
• 1⁄2 cup walnuts, chopped
• 1⁄2 cup  glace cherries, chopped
• 1⁄2 teaspoon vanilla essence
• 2  cups  crushed  plain sweet biscuits (for you Americans, that's like graham cracker crumbs!)

Directions

1. Grease lamington pan/slice tray.
2. Melt butter and sugar together, stir in cocoa.
3. Remove from heat and stir in vanilla and coconut.
4. Add egg, then walnuts and cherries.
5. Mix in biscuit crumbs; press into pan and refrigerate until firm and cooled, only needs about an hour.
6. You can ice this with chocolate icing if you wish; I prefer to leave it plain and press some extra shredded coconut on top before refrigerating!