Not so long ago, I sent Maus off shopping. On the list were hazelnuts. When she came home, she told me she had bought roasted hazelnuts. She said they were more expensive than the raw ones but thought it would be worth it as it would save me roasting them:) I liked the logic but I actually needed to roast the hazelnuts with some other ingredients. Oh, well, now I had some lovely roasted hazelnuts that needed a home.
One of the many cookbooks on my shelf is the Australian Women’s Weekly Cookbook, the 1970 edition. It was my mum’s. My cousins, Jen and Gerrie, gave it to her for Christmas in 1974 – they inscribed the book.
The other day, I was using the book and a piece of paper fell out. It was a cutting from the Australian Women’s Weekly magazine, March 1993. It was a recipe for Chocolate Hazelnut Biscuits. I was curious to see what my mum thought worthy of cutting out and keeping, and then I noticed that the recipe required a cup of roasted hazelnuts. I decided to give them a go.
The recipe was contributed by Mrs P Livingston, Corowa, NSW.
Ingredients:
- 200g butter
- 1 cup brown sugar, firmly packed
- 1 tsp vanilla essence
- 1 egg, lightly beaten
- 1½ cups self-raising flour, sifted
- ½ cup plain flour, sifted
- 1 cup (125g) roasted hazelnuts, roughly chopped
- ½ cup desiccated coconut
- ½ cup dark chocolate chips
- coconut, extra
- Preheat your oven to 175°C.
- Beat the butter, sugar and vanilla essence until light and fluffy.
- Add the egg and continue beating until well combined.
- Stir in all the other ingredients (except the extra coconut) and mix well.
- Roll 2 teaspoons of mixture into a ball and flatten with the back of a fork or… do what Maus did, use a falafel maker to make perfect little biscuits, all the same size and shape:)
- Have a small bowl of extra coconut ready. Dunk the top of each biscuit into the bowl, coating it with coconut.
- Put biscuits onto a greased baking tray or tray lined with baking paper.
- Bake for about 13 minutes or until lightly browned.
- Cool on a cake rack.
Glendaaaaaaaaaaaaaa!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Where is my biscuit????
Hmmm….you are very naughty Glenda you didn’t share…It looks so delicious!!!
Oh dear Regina, they are nearly all gone and will be ALL gone by the time we get back to Perth… oh well next time.
Thanks God for the next time :):)
Hi Glenda
The biscuits were yummy when we had lunch at your place and the two you gave us to take home were devoured when we went for a walk in Kings Park the next day. The WA wildflowers were out earlier than usual and my camera was in overdrive! Thanks again and looking forward to the box of limes. Faye X
A box of limes is on its way.
So…do you agree with your mum? Glad you found a use for the falafel maker.. 😉
Hi Celia, yeah they were pretty good. I was so happy when I saw Maus using the falafel maker:)
The biscuits look delicious Glenda. Love delving into old Women’s Weekly cookbooks.
Hi Christine, It’s amazing how similar to today’s recipes so many of the old recipes are. Not much has changed in 45 years when it comes to biscuits and cakes.
Thank god for small things.