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Ginger Crunchies

Conversions

easy

SERVES 1

Ingredients

GINGER CRUNCHIES

220 g breakfast oats
1 cup Huletts White Sugar
75 ml desiccated coconut
120 g cake flour
2 ml salt
15 ml ground ginger
80 g pumpkin seeds
40 g sunflower seeds
30 g chopped or flaked almonds
125 ml Huletts Golden Syrup
225 g butter
5 ml bicarbonate of soda

Method

Preheat oven to 180˚C.
Grease a 25 cm x 25 cm baking tray and dust lightly with flour.
Combine all the dry ingredients in a large bowl.
Melt the syrup and butter together.
Remove from the heat and add the bicarbonate of soda.
Add the syrup mixture to the dry ingredients and mix well.
Press into the baking tray and bake for 25 minutes until golden brown.
Allow to cool on the baking tray.
Once cooled cut into the desired sized squares.

Top tips

Keep it healthy…

Healthy snacks to include in your child’s lunch box. Popcorn, Fresh fruit, Unsalted mixed nuts, Roasted corn-on-the-cob, Yoghurt or custard, Crackers with cheese or a spread, Oatmeal biscuits, Raw veggies (carrots, snap peas, cherry tomatoes and baby corn), Keep it interesting and add an element of surprise! Using cookie cutters, create a heart shaped sandwich and change shapes daily. The fruit may be assembled in the shape of a flower.

Super sub.

Substitute Dry Bread Crumbs with Rolled Oats OR Crushed Bran Cereal.

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Conversion Table

	Cups	Tablespoons	Grams
Butter	1/4 cup	4 Tbsp	57g
	1/3 cup	5 Tbsp + 1 tsp	76g
	1 cup	16 Tbsp	227g
Flour/Sifted	1/4 cup	4 Tbsp	30g/27g
	1/3 cup	5 Tbsp + 1 tsp	40g/35g
	1/2 cup	8 Tbsp	60g/55g
	1 cup	16 Tbsp	120g/110g
Granulated Sugar	1/4 cup	4 Tbsp	50g
	1/3 cup	5 Tbsp + 1 tsp	65g
	1/2 cup	8 Tbsp	100g
	1 cup	16 Tbsp	200g
Brown Sugar/ Firmly Packed	1/4 cup	4 Tbsp	45g
	1/3 cup	5 Tbsp + 1 tsp	60g
	1/2 cup	8 Tbsp	90g
	1 cup	16 Tbsp	180g
Water	1/4 cup	4 Tbsp	57g
	1/3 cup	5 Tbsp + 1 tsp	76g
	1/2 cup	8 Tbsp	114g
	1 cup	16 Tbsp	227g