Woman’s Day Australia – August 26, 2019

72 WD

✦125gbutter,chopped

✦¼cupicingsugar,plus

1 tbspextratodust

✦1¼cupsplainflour

✦ 3 eggs

✦ 1 cup caster sugar

✦ 2 tsp finely grated

lemon rind

✦ ½ cup lemon juice

1 Preheat oven to 180°C.

Grease a shallow 20cm

square cake pan, line base

and sides with baking

paper, extending paper

2cm over the sides.

2 Beat butter and icing

sugar in a small bowl with

an electric mixer until

smooth.Stirin1 cupof

theflouruntilcombined.

Pressmixtureevenlyover

baseofpan.Bake 15 mins.

Remove from oven using

a spatula, level the base in

pan. Return to oven, bake

a further 10 mins or until

browned lightly.

3 Meanwhile, place eggs,

caster sugar, remaining

flour, the rind and juice

in a medium bowl, whisk

until combined. Pour lemon

filling over hot base.

4 Bake slice 20 mins or

until firm. Cool in pan. Just

before serving, dust with

extra sifted icing sugar.

✦1 cupplainflour

✦½cupfirmlypacked

brownsugar

✦½cupdesiccatedcoconut

✦125gbutter,melted,plus

125gextra

✦2 x 395gcanssweetened

condensedmilk

✦¼cupgoldensyrup

ortreacle

✦200gdarkchocolate,

choppedcoarsely

✦2 tspvegetableoil

1 Preheatovento180°C.Grease

a 20x 30cmrectangularslice

pan,linebaseandlongsides

withbakingpaper,extending

thepaper5cmoverthesides.

2 Combinesiftedflour,sugarand

coconutina mediumbowl,stirin

themeltedbutter.Pressmixture

firmlyoverbaseofpan.Bake

15 minsoruntillightgolden.

Removefromoven,cool.

3 Placecondensedmilk,syrup

andextrabutterina medium

saucepan,stiroverlowheat

untilsmooth.Pourmixtureover

cooledbase.Bake 20 minsor

untilgoldenbrown.Cool.

4 Placechocolateandoilin

a mediumheatproofbowl

overa mediumsaucepanof

simmeringwater(makesurethe

baseofthebowldoesn’ttouch

thewater),stiruntilsmooth.

Spreadchocolatemixture

overcooledslice.Refrigerate

30 minsoruntilchocolateis

setbeforecuttinginto 24 pieces

witha hotknife.

CARAMEL SLICE

MAKES 24 PREP + COOK 55 MINS + COOLING + REFRIGERATION

TIP

Store slice in

an airtight

container in the

fridge for up to

3 days.

TIP

If theweather

is hot,storein an

airtight containerin

thefridge forup

to a week.

TANGY LEMON SQUARES

MAKES 16 PREP + COOK 1 HOUR + COOLING

Everyday

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