Mother in Law’s recipes are great – these ladies who cooked on wood stoves (and my MIL still does) and fed the hungry hoards (my MIL had 10 little ones to feed) really knew what they were doing.
We “modern” homemakers can learn so much from their ways. This corn flake slice recipe is from my Mum in law š
Another aspect of older recipes that I love is they were built around ingredients every Aussie housewife would have in the pantry – no special shopping trip for fancy ingredients.
You may not have Corn Flakes in your pantry but they are readily available and one of the more affordable cereals.
Corn Flake Slice (very, very easy!)
Ingredients
- 125 grams butter
- 1 tablespoon honey
- 1 cup rolled oats
- 1/2 cup white sugar
- 1 cup cornflakes
- 1 cup desiccated coconut
Instructions
- Preheat oven to a moderate (around 180 degrees celsius or 170 fan forced).
- Melt butter and honey together.
- Add to mixed dry ingredients.
- Place in a shallow slice tin, press to even and flatten out a little.
- Bake in the oven until golden brown (about 15 minutes) and leave in tin to cool.
- Turn out and cut into squares.
Easy?
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I made this recipe, it has a nice taste, but it just fell apart so i was unable to cut it into squares. Would an eggs help?
I wouldn’t put eggs in it. Did you let it cool completely before cutting?
Oooo, I like the condensed milk idea!
This recipe is gorgeous if you swap the sugar for Condensed milk, mmmm mmmmm. šš
Exactly Jenny, so simple!
Yum. Thank you. Something nice and easy, even I can't burn it!
Haven't seen this in years, ours was made with golden syrup instead of the honey and no coconut. Don't have any cornflakes in the house, otherwise I would have made this.
Gill in Canada
YUM! What a tasty treat. Thanks for sharing.
Sounds like your MIL is a neat lady. Make me think of Tasha Tudor and her wood stove.
oh i love easy recipes that look so good, written it down..going to give it a try…
yummie, yummie. It's a pity that I cannot eat sugar……