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Malt biscuits
Also called malted biscuits, Griffin's malt biscuits, malted milk biscuits
Plain, crisp, rectangular sweet biscuits flavoured with malt extract. The base of New Zealand lolly cake and many biscuit crusts.
Origin
New Zealand and Britain, early 20th century.
Flavour
Toasty malt, mild sweetness, dry crumb.
How to use it
Crush for no-bake slices and cheesecake bases, or eat with butter.
Storage
Airtight pantry.
Recipes using it
Lolly cake
A no-bake log of crushed malt biscuits, butter and condensed milk studded with chewy fruit puffs and rolled in coconut.
Very easy
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Hedgehog slice
A no-bake chocolate slice of broken biscuits and walnuts set in butter, sugar, cocoa and egg, under a layer of chocolate icing.
Easy