Photo: Mike Dickison, CC BY 4.0, Wikimedia Commons
Afghan biscuit
아프간 비스킷
Traditional New Zealand biscuit containing cornflakes and cocoa powder, topped with chocolate icing and walnut
About this dish
An Afghan is a traditional New Zealand biscuit made from flour, butter, cornflakes, sugar and cocoa powder, topped with chocolate icing and a half walnut. The recipe has a high proportion of butter, and relatively low sugar, and no leavening (rising agent), giving it a soft, dense and rich texture, with crunchiness from the cornflakes, rather than from a high sugar content. The high butter content gives a soft melt-in-the-mouth texture, and the sweetness of the icing offsets the low sugar and the cocoa bitterness.
Description: Wikipedia — Afghan (biscuit), CC BY-SA 4.0
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