Quick and Easy Fruit Slice – guest post by BTwin

Fruit Slice

This is my standby, no-brainer recipe for those times when get a last minute request of “can you provide a plate for this function tonight” or morning tea for the shearer (who is allergic to eggs). It’s very flexible – you can substitute flours / milks / fruits with little problem.

Sometimes I add some spices; sometimes I play with the dried fruit mix (rarely do I use the commercial mix). I have tried using choc-chips in it but it didn’t quite seem right to me – your mileage may vary.  :)

 

Ingredients:

1 cup milk

1 cup self-raising flour

1 cup mixed dried fruit [Australian pre-mixed dried fruit mix is: sultanas, raisins, currants, glace cherries, peel]

1 cup desiccated coconut

1 cup raw sugar [can use finer sugar but raw sugar probably works better]

12 chopped dried apricots [I cheat and used a good handful of the diced ones from the store…]

 

Preheat the oven to approx 175C (or lower). Mix all ingredients together in a bowl. Pour into a lined brownie pan. (I just put an oversize piece of baking paper in – and don’t get too precious about having the corners perfect).

Bake for approximately 30min or until lightly golden brown.

 

Note: this slice is a little sticky to cut up. Can be cut while warm or cold although it does cut better when cold.

 

 

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