Baking on a Sunday

Our two main staples in our house are Anzac Biscuits and Chocolate Slice however this week I saw a recipe by Sophie Asher (formerly known as Her Library Adventures) for a "Happy Pantry Slice" so Sienna and I made this yesterday and it's a winner.  I didn't have any real chocolate for the topping so I just mixed up 1.5 cups of icing mixture, 1/4 cup of cocoa powder, 20 gms of butter and add to that 2 tablespoons of hot water and mix together.

HAPPY PANTRY SLICE

INGREDIENTS
1 Cup Rolled Oats
1/2 Cup of desiccated coconut
1/2 cup of plain flour
1/2 cup of wholemeal spelt flour
1/2 cup brown sugar [or dark muscovado sugar]
1/4 cup of caster sugar
125gms butter
1 tablespoon of good local honey
2 tablespoons of boiling water
1/2 teaspoon of bi-carb soda
2 tablespoons of chia seeds
2 tablespoons of linseeds

CHOCOLATE OR ICING ON TOP [use one or the other]
100gms of good quality dark chocolate

 *** or icing mixture below***
1.5 cups of icing mixture
1/4 cup of cocoa powder
20gms of butter
2 tablespoons of boiling water

METHOD
Preheat oven to 180 degrees and line a slice tin.
Combine oats, coconut, flours and sugars in a large mixing bowl.
Melt butter and honey in a saucepan on low heat [or in microwave].
Mix bi-car soda and boiling water, then add to the butter and honey mix and stir well.
Add wet ingredients to dry ingredients and combine.
Add in the chia and linseeds and mix well.
Press into lined slice tin.
Bake for 20 minutes.  You want it to be golden but still a little bit soft in the middle.  This will give your slice a nice fudge texture.

I used the icing recipe from our Chocolate Slice and it's best to pour it over the slice while it's still hot.  I just tip the icing in the middle along the slice, pick up the tin and tilt it towards me until the icing runs to one edge and then tilt it back so that it runs to the other edge and once cooled I put it in the fridge to set.  Later that afternoon I was cleaning up the bench near the stove and discovered we left out the 1/2 cup of spelt flour so only 1/2 cup of plain flour went into the slice.  Considering we had especially driven to the bulk food store on Saturday to get the spelt flour it was disappointing however the slice was perfect and stayed together so will be making this again and again.  The kids loved it and is much quicker than making a whole lot of biscuits.  I wanted to put sultanas in it however Sienna doesn't like them and considered making half of it with the sultanas but in the end we made this one without them this time.  It's delicious and it's all cut up in the freezer now.