Chocolate caramel cups

As made for us by Ms Gamer.

Make the base with 60g melted butter, 2 tbsp caster sugar, 1/2 cup plain flour, 2 tbsp desiccated coconut. Press into the base of little patty cups and bake at 180 until they're a bit golden.

Microwave up a can of condensed milk with 40g butter and a couple of tbsp golden syrup. (Yeah, 'cause it wasn't sweet enough already.) Pour onto the semi-baked bases. Return to oven until they're sent and slightly coloured. Lace over with melted chocolate if you like.

Kangaroo Pies

Half a kilo of kangaroo mince, fried up with onions, finely diced carrots and thickened with a cornflour and wine mix at the end. Season with plenty of salt and pepper, loads of herbs of your choice and a touch of chili flakes. Allow to cool. 

For this amount of mince you'll need shortcrust from 300g flour. (150g butter or a touch less.) I put in a bunch of thyme leaves and pepper. Looked cool, tasted great. Ok the kids said it looked mouldy but that's kids for you. They liked the taste. 

Make pies in deep muffin pans. Bake on 180 for quite a while, until they're golden. Serve hot. 

Coconut Macaroons

Four egg whites, 1 2/3 cups sugar, 2 cups desiccated coconut, vanilla essence.

Whip up the whites, meringue them up with the sugar, then fold in the vanilla and coconut. Dollop onto greased paper and bake at 150 for quite a while. Maybe 35 minutes or more? Makes tasty chewy biscuits and they're jolly easy. Good afternoon snack.