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Slugs

Jan Bilton

Publication: Regional Newspapers

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Makes about 20.

Ingredients

175 g Butter
¼ cup Sugar, + 1 Tbsp
1 tsp Baking soda
1 tsp Cream of tartar
1 Tbsp Desiccated coconut, plus extra for rolling
2 cups Flour
1 Egg, lightly beaten

Butter Icing

50 g Butter
1½ cups Icing sugar
1 tsp Vanilla essence/extract

Directions

  1. Preheat the oven to 160 degC. Lightly grease two oven trays.
  2. Cream the butter and sugar until light, then add the beaten egg, flour, coconut, baking soda and cream of tartar. Mix well.
  3. Take tablespoons of the mixture and roll on a board sprinkled with the extra coconut. Make into oval slug shapes. Place on the prepared oven trays and bake for about 20 minutes, until lightly golden and cooked. Cool on a wire rack.
  4. To prepare the icing, cream the butter until soft. Sift in the icing sugar, mixing until smooth. Sandwich two slugs together with the mixture and allow to set.

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