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Peanut Caramel Squares

Information about Jenny: Jenny Gibbons (my mother) is a country woman who grew up and lived on the land around the remote Wanaaring area for the first 60 years of her life. She still lives on a few acres about ten minutes out of Dubbo with my father, which they both love. Over the years of living on the land, Mum accumulated many recipes which were either handed down from other family members or given to her by other ladies living on the land, from around the community.

Recipe listed by: Marianne Hull

Ingredients
  • BASE / DOUGH
  • 1 cup plain flour
  • 1/4 cup SR flour
  • 2 tablespoons custard powder
  • 125 g margarine (softened)
  • 3/4 cup castor sugar
  • 1 egg
  • TOPPING
  • 1/3 cup brown sugar
  • 2 tablespoons golden syrup
  • 90 g margarine
  • 1 cup unsalted peanuts
  • Melted chocolate to drizzle over the top
Method
  • Pre-heat oven to 180 deg C
  • Lightly grease and line a slice tin with baking paper
  • BASE / DOUGH
  • Sift flours and custard powder - set aside
  • Cream margarine and sugar together
  • Add egg and mix well
  • Add sifted flours and custard powder and mix to a firm dough
  • Press dough into greased slice tin and bake for 15 minutes
  • TOPPING
  • Mix sugar, golden syrup and margarine in a saucepan
  • Stir over heat until sugar dissolves
  • Simmer for 3 minutes continuously stirring
  • Stir in peanuts
  • Pour topping over warm base
  • Return to oven and bake for a further 5-8 minutes
  • Cool then cut into squares
  • Drizzle melted chocolate over squares
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