Name: Ginger Crunch Slice
Prep time: 15 min
Cook time: 38 min
Total time: 53 min
Yield: 20 slices
Ingredients: 2 1/2 cups plain flour, sifted; 1 cup caster sugar; 2 teaspoons ground ginger; 1 teaspoon baking powder; 250 g cold butter, chopped; 150 g butter; 1/4 cup golden syrup; 1 1/2 tablespoons ground ginger; 1 1/2 cups icing sugar, sifted

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A biscuit covered with ginger flavored icing. From a New Zaeland newspaper

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ingredients

Base
2 ¹⁄₂ cups plain flour, sifted
1 cup caster sugar
2 teaspoons ground ginger
1 teaspoon baking powder
250 g cold butter, chopped
Ginger icing
150 g butter
¹⁄₄ cup golden syrup
1 ¹⁄₂ tablespoons ground ginger
1 ¹⁄₂ cups icing sugar, sifted

directions

Preheat oven to 180°C.
Base:.
Place flour, sugar, ginger and baking powder in the bowl of a food processor and pulse to combine.
Add butter and process until mixture resembles fine breadcrumbs.
Press into a 20cm x 30cm tin lined with non-stick baking paper.*
Bake for 35-40 minutes or until golden and firm to the touch.
To make the ginger icing:.
Place the butter, golden syrup and ginger in a saucepan over medium heat and cook for 2-3 minutes or until the butter is melted.
Stir through the icing sugar and pour immediately over the slice.
Refrigerate for 1 hour or until the icing is set.
Slice to serve.
* The flour mixture will be quite crumbly when you press it into the tin but it comes together as it cooks and as the butter melts.

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review by Shoga-chan

12/15/2009

i lost this recipe 15 years ago so am very happy to have it back, in fact i have already made it twice. The first time i took it out of the oven at 30 minutes and it was great, but 35 minutes is too long--the biscuit base was too brown and shattered when i tried to cut it. To jazz it up i like to put small pieces of candied ginger or walnuts on top of the just-poured icing so that each square will have a piece in the middle. I also cut it into about 40 squares instead of 20 as the icing is very rich and two bites seems to be enough for everyone.

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review by Jubes

6/8/2009

*Reviewed during ZWT5 Family Picks Aus New Zealand for the Zaar Chow Hounds* Easy to make and my family all give you a 5. My slice rose to about 2cm high and then the icing on top. Photo also being posted

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photo by Jubes

6/8/2009

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photo by Jubes

6/8/2009

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photo by MisChef-Maker

5/21/2009

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