You will need
1 x 600 g Ina Paarman’s Vanilla Cake Mix
4 cups (400 g) oats
2 cups (120 g) desiccated coconut
2 t (10 ml) bicarbonate of soda
200 g pecan nuts or sunflower or pumpkin seeds
500 g butter
½ cup (125 ml) golden syrup
Crunchies are the worlds best lunch box filler, delicious and full of energy giving ingredients.
Method
Adjust the oven rack to the middle position and preheat the oven to 180°C,
Line 2 x swiss roll pans (25 cm x 36 cm) with baking paper.
Toss the Vanilla Cake mix, oats, desiccated coconut, bicarbonate of soda and nuts in a large mixing bowl.
Use your hands to make a hole in the centre.
Melt the butter and golden syrup together (either on the stove or in the microwave)
Pour the butter and syrup mixture into the dry ingredients and stir together by hand with a spatula or wooden spoon.
Decant the mixture into the lined baking trays and level.
Bake for 30 – 35 minutes. Mark off crunchie squares 3 – 4 cm big.
Allow to cool for 20 minutes in the pan before breaking up the portions.
Store in an airtight container.
Crunchies freeze very well.