Afghan biscuit

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

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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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