This Afghan Biscuit recipe is a New Zealand icon and it can be found in most New Zealand bakeries. Try this biscuit recipe at home and stand back while the compliments roll in. (Leave use your feedback in the comments)
Afghan Biscuit Recipe – Make approx. 20 biscuits
Biscuit Ingredients
| 200 g | Butter, softened |
| ½ cup | Caster sugar |
| 1 tsp | Vanilla essence/extract |
| ½ cup | Cocoa powder, Dutch |
| 1 cup | Flour |
| 1½ cups | Cornflakes |
| 20 | Walnuts |
Icing Ingredients
| 2 Tbsp | Cocoa powder, Dutch |
| 2 cups | Icing sugar |
| 2 tsp | Butter, softened |
| ½ tsp | Vanilla essence/extract |
| 1 splash | Water, boiling |
Instructions
Time needed:Â 40 minutes.
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Cream the butter (softened) with the vanilla and sugar until pale.
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Preheat the oven to 180C. Grease an oven tray or line with baking paper.
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Sift the flour with the cocoa. Fold the cornflakes into the butter mixture, then shape into rounds on a baking sheet. Bake for 20 minutes then let cool.
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Sift the icing sugar with the cocoa. Add the butter and vanilla then stir in enough boiling water to make a smooth icing and ice the biscuits while topping them off with a walnut on top.Â
Baking Tip: Find the highest quality cocoa powder as this will impact the end result, look for a product with no additives if possible.
Afghan Biscuit Recipe History
The afghan biscuit history is shrouded in rumors and very little evidence in regards to who created it and when..
Here are some of the information we found on Wikipedia
Its resemblance to an Afghan male, where the cookie base represents their skin color, the dark chocolate icing their hair, and the walnut kernel the turban
An Afghan gentleman went to New Zealand and made such an impression on baking day that a biscuit was created in his honor
The name relates to the Second Anglo-Afghan war, which was prominent news during the New Zealand colonial period.
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