Chocolate Mint Slice

Jewelies's Note:

Posted by request from the Australian Women's Weekly 'Original Cookbook'. Prep time estimated

• Total Time: 40 mins
• Prep Time: 20 mins
• Cook Time: 20 mins

Ingredients:

Yield: 36 pieces

Biscuit Layer

• 1 1/2 cups self-raising flour
• 1 cup desiccated coconut
• 1/2 cup brown sugar
• 185 g butter

Peppermint Icing

• 1 cup icing sugar
• 30 g solid white vegetable shortening
• 1 1/2 tablespoons milk
• 1/4 teaspoon peppermint extract

Chocolate Icing

• 90 g solid white vegetable shortening
• 1/2 cup powdered drinking chocolate

Directions:

1. Biscuit Layer Sift flour.
2. Mix dry ingredients together.
3. Melt Butter and pour over dry ingredients, mix well.
4. Press into greased and paper lined 30cm x 25cm swiss roll tin.
5. Bake in moderate (180C or 350F) oven for 20 minutes.
6. While warm top with peppermint icing.
7. Peppermint Icing Melt chopped shortening over gentle heat.
8. Sift icing sugar into basin.
9. Add melted shortening, milk and essence.
10. Mix well, spread over biscuit layer.
11. When cold top with Chocolate Icing.
12. Chocolate Icing Pour melted white shortening over powdered drinking chocolate and mix well.
13. Cool slightly, then pour evenly on top of peppermint icing.
14. Leave to set, then cut into slices to serve.

Reviews

[I'mPat]

Made this for the DS to take to music recreation and they all loved it. The only thing different I would do is NOT TO cut it up straight out of the fridge as the chocolate broke up I would do at room temperature. Thank you Jewelies, made for Edition 7 - Make My recipe.

[Annacia]

First, I must agree with M'Larky, I dislike recipes that mix metric and U.S. measurements. They are troublesome. Having said that, I made these for a bake sale and they sold out within an hour. I think that rates 5 stars. It's not a difficult recipe. I made these the night before so they would have plenty of time to set up well and they looked great this morning. While I didn't eat any I can tell you that they are finger lickin good!

[melting pot]

Marlene1964, drinking chocolate is just hot chocolate powder.