Tuesday 5 May 2020

FEIJOA SLICE

Preheat oven to 180 deg C
BASE .....
Line a 20 cm square baking pan with baking paper .
Using a large bowl mix together 280gm of plain flour , 1/2 cup of  rolled oats , 1/2 tsp of baking powder , 1/2 tsp of ground cinnamon and 1/2 tsp of salt ....set aside .
Cream together 125gm of marg / butter ( @ room temp ), 100 gm of brown sugar with your electric mixer until light and fluffy .
Add 1 lightly beaten egg mixed with 1 tsp of vanilla extract and 1/2 cup of the dry mix till well combined .... then add an extra 2 cups of the dry mix ....set aside the remaining dry mix.
Mix on a low speed til the mix comes together .
Turn mix out into the prepared pan , use the back of a spoon to press mixture into the base of the pan
Please the base in the oven until it starts to turn golden around the edges ... (about 12 minutes )
Remove from the oven and let cool in the pan .
FILLING .....
Place in a large bowl
2 cups of peeled feijoas , chopped  ( about 15 small feijoas )1 tbs of brown sugar, 1 tbs of plain flour and 1tsp of cinnamon and mix together .
Now pour this mix evenly over the base .
Use your hands to crumble the remaining dry mix over the feijoas .
Place  the slice back in the oven for 20 minutes or until crumble topping turns golden .
Your kitchen will be full of amazing feijoa aromas ..
Remove from your oven and serve hot with thickened cream or ice cream , or allow to cool in the pan    And slice into squares .....
This keeps well in an airtight container in the fridge ....



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