Name: Hedgehog
Prep time: 15 min
Total time: 15 min
Ingredients: 250 gram packet plain wheatmeal biscuits, roughly broken; 100 gram packet red glace cherries; 1/4 cup (55g) glace ginger; 125 gram butter; 3/4 cup (165g) brown sugar; 2 tablespoon cocoa; 1 egg, beaten; 1 teaspoon vanilla essence; 1 cup (90g) desiccated coconut

Ingredients

250 gram packet plain wheatmeal biscuits, roughly broken

100 gram packet red glace cherries

1/4 cup (55g) glace ginger

125 gram butter

3/4 cup (165g) brown sugar

2 tablespoon cocoa

1 egg, beaten

1 teaspoon vanilla essence

1 cup (90g) desiccated coconut

Method

1.Combine broken biscuits, glace cherries and ginger in a large bowl.

2.Melt butter in a small saucepan on low heat. Mix in brown sugar and cocoa, stirring until sugar dissolves. Beat in egg and vanilla essence.

3.Mix butter mixture and biscuit mixture, until well combined.

4.Sprinkle coconut onto a 30cm length of foil. Pile biscuit mixture on top. Roll into a log, pressing firmly. Seal with plastic wrap. Chill 3 hours, or until firm. Slice to serve or package as a gift.

If preferred, other dried fruit may be used in place of glace cherries.
Note

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