Munchy Crunchies

Just to be clear, there is nothing healthy about these. However, they are 100% delicious. They are full of fat and sugar, with a sprinkling of oats. They are loosely based on Anzac cookies and South African "Crunchies" but they taste like neither of those. The salt and brown sugar mix gives the final product the taste of salty caramel biscuits! Again, forget about your health when you are eating them!

125 grams butter

200 grams brown sugar or coconut sugar

1 Tablespoon golden syrup

1 teaspoon bicarbonate of soda

40 grams oatmeal

40 grams whole oats

120 grams flour

40 grams coconut

40 grams flax meal

1 tablespoon sesame seeds

1 teaspoon salt

1 teaspoon vinegar

Directions

1.      Preheat the oven to 325 degrees Fahrenheit. Line a 8inch by 8 inch or 9 inch by 9 inch baking dish with parchment paper. Let the paper overhang as seen in the photo.

2.      Measure the oatmeal, oats, flax meal, sesame seeds, flour and coconut into a bowl. Mix.

3.      Melt the butter, brown sugar and golden syrup into a saucepan and heat it over low heat until the butter has completely melted. Add the bicarbonate of soda and stir until mixed. Add the teaspoon of vinegar and the mixture will foam up very quickly.

4.      Add the hot ingredients to the dry mixture and stir until mixed and place in the prepared pan. It should form a nice dough ball. Place the mixture on the parchment paper and pack it down tightly with a spatula. Bake it for 15 minutes at 325 degrees F, then lower the temperature to 300 degrees and bake for another 15 minutes. Remove from oven and cut into squares while still in the dish. Do this carefully as the mixture will be somewhat crumbly. Lower the temperature to 250 degrees and bake for another hour to dry out and become golden brown. Turn off the oven and leave until cool. Remove from the oven and lift the slab out with the parchment paper. Cut into squares as the cookies will be much harder now. Let it cool in the pan before storing in an airtight container