Sarah's lovely slices

I have a new neighbour and she bakes the most lovely slices! (I put it down to the fact she is a New Zealander). She has been good enough to share her recipes with me.

LEMON WEETBIX SLICE

Ingredients
150g butter
1 cup crushed weetbix
1.5 cups self raising flour
3/4 cup sugar
1/2 cup coconut
2 tablespoons lemon juice

Topping
25g butter
175g icing sugar
half a lemon, squeezed

Method

• Mix all dry ingerdients
• melt butter, add juice
• Mix
• Press into tray
• Bake at 180 degrees celcius for 25-35min

Topping
Melt butter, mix in icing sugar and lemon
Pout over slice


GINGER CRUNCH

Ingredients
125g soft butter
1/2 cup sugar
1.5 cups flour
1 tsp baking powder
1 tsp ground ginger

Icing
150g butter
1.5 cups icing sugar
1/4 cup golden syrup
6 tsp ground ginger (or to taste) 

Method

• Preheat oven to 190 degrees celciius
• Grease a 20 x 30cm tin
• Cream butter and sugar til light and fluffy
• Sift flour, baking powfer and ginger together
• Mix
• Turn onto floured surface and knead well
• Press dough into tin
• Bake for 20-25min or until golden

Icing
Heat all ingredients in a saucepan until melted, stirring constantly.
Pour over slice in tin, allow to set.