Crunchies
Chewy-crisp oat and coconut squares made with golden syrup. A lunchbox favourite and tea-time staple, ready in 35 minutes.
No ratings yet — cook it and be the first.- 35 min
- 10 prep · 25 cook
- Easy
- 16
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Crunchies are the first thing many South Africans learn to bake: one bowl, one pot, and a tin that never stays full for long.
Ingredients
Crunchies
- 180grolled oats
- 85gdesiccated coconut
- 140gcake flour
- 200gbrown sugar
- 1 pinchsalt
- 250gbutter
- 2 tbspgolden syrup
- 1 tspbicarbonate of soda
Method
Cook it step by stepStep 1: Heat the oven
Heat the oven to 180°C and grease a 20 × 30 cm baking tin.
Step 2: Mix the dry ingredients
Mix the oats, coconut, flour, sugar and salt in a large bowl.

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Cut them while they're warm. Once they're cool, they snap instead of slicing.
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