Christmas is just around the corner now and what better time to discover new recipes to add to your favourites collection or to bake as gifts for those we love.
We’ve been asking friends and family for their favourite baking recipe that uses jam with some great recommendations that we're excited to test out and share with you.
Food is one of the most powerful ways to evoke memories don't you think? Whether it's something Mum or Grandma made, or Dad's epic BBQ skills, food & memories go hand in hand.
Coming home to freshly baked jam buns is one of many of my favourite childhood food memories.
Count The Memories - Not the Calories!
A great slice always goes down well with a cuppa and is a step up from raiding the bikkie barrel when someone pops in. Slices are so easy to throw together and are a great way to involve the kids in the kitchen.
This Marshmallow Jam Slice recipe is from the Taste website which has a wonderful library of recipes for just about everything you can think of. I love the way you can search for an ingredient or a particular dish.
With a biscuit type base, sweet jam and topped off with marshmallows, this slice has just the right balance of crunch, sweetness & chewy texture. It could easily be transformed into a Wagon Wheel slice by topping it off with melted chocolate.
I had purchased some campfire marshmallows already for something else so I asked my husband to get some ‘normal’ marshmallows specifically for this slice on the way home from work. It wasn’t the pink & white bite size marshmallows that came home – it was more GIANT campfire marshmallows!!!
After having a laugh about his version of ‘normal’ marshmallows, we cut the giant ones into quarters which created a fun pattern on top and it made a good guide for cutting them up into perfectly portioned pieces for serving.
I like this recipe because the ingredients are pretty much pantry staples, they are inexpensive and within a few easy steps, it makes the perfect sweet treat with a hot cuppa.
INGREDIENTS
1/3 cup caster sugar
1 cup desiccated coconut
1 cup plain flour
150g melted butter
375g marshmallows (1 packet)
3 weet-bix, crushed
PREPARATION
Preheat the oven to 180*C or 160*C fan forced.
Lightly oil an 18x28cm slice tin and then line with non-stick baking paper overhanging the sides.
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Combine all the dry ingredients (sugar, coconut, flour & weet-bix) in a large bowl and mix together, leaving a well in the centre
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Melt the butter and mix it in with the dry ingredients.
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Press the mixture into the tin and flatten with the back of a spoon or spatula.
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Bake the base for 20-30 minutes or until golden brown.
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Remove the base from the oven and spread the jam over it while it is still warm
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Now place all the marshmallows onto the jam and return to the oven for 7 minutes until just softened.
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Cool in the pan and then lift out to cut into squares.
Boil the kettle and take 5 with a piece of this yummy slice or pop a piece into the kids' lunchboxes for a sweet treat in the last weeks of school.
What recipes do you have that have become a family tradition? Perhaps there is one that brings a flood of memories for you. Share them with us by tagging us on Instagram using @adkqvm and #adk1950.
Stay tuned for more recipes so we can continue to spread ‘sweet’ love - with all things in moderation of course!