Pumpkin, Prune and Chocolate Bars
If you have leftover cooked pumpkin, but are craving something sweet, give these soft, slightly chewy bars a try.
Kiwi Compost Cookies
Compost cookies are a great way to use up leftover snacks from a party - a handful of pretzels, potato chips or chocolate. With a mixture of sweet and salty, you will be surprised how good they taste.
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Ingredients
- 125g butter
- ½ cup soft brown sugar
- ½ cup white sugar
- ½ teaspoon vanilla essence (or any other flavourings you have e.g. almond, peppermint)
- 1 egg
- 1 1/2 cups self-raising flour
- ½ tsp salt
- ½ cup rolled oats
- 1 ½ cups of salty add- ins: plain potato chips, broken pretzels, salted peanuts etc
- 1 cup of sweet add-ins: chocolate chips, M&M’s etc
Method
- Preheat oven to 180°C. Line two baking trays with baking paper.
- Beat butter, sugar, brown sugar and vanilla until pale and creamy, add egg and beat until mixed.
- Sift in flour and salt, add oats and mix until combined. Break up the pretzels and chips into smaller pieces, add them to the mixture then stir through the sweet add-ins.
- Roll heaped teaspoon sized balls of mixture and place on tray, press down lightly with a fork.
- Bake for approx. 12 -15 minutes.