JELLY SLICE

So here it goes... my first recipe of many. As mentioned in my previous post, my inspiration is my broken oven and Sunday being my big bake day. The day I bake my cakes, cookies and even cupcakes for my sons school lunches, as well as our Sunday roast. So without my oven and slow cooker that is too small to fit my cake tins in, I felt a tad lost. Till I had a friend that suggested No Bake Slices. It was just out of luck that I had all the ingredients to make a Jelly Slice recipe that I found on www.kidspot.com.a

JELLY SLICE

Ingredients:

• 1 packet sweet plain biscuits (the only biscuits I had are butternut snap cookies)
• 175g unsalted butter
• 400g sweet condensed milk
• 1 tablespoon + 1 teaspoon gelatine
• 1 packet of jelly

  

  A 5 ingredient recipe, and these are the main things I always keep in my cupboard, however generally I use the Jelly when I make Custard, and the biscuits and condensed milk are perfect in chocolate balls. Then there is butter, which is used in most recipes. I will say this..... this is the first time i have used gelatine.

  
  
  
  

Method:

Butter a slice tray (16cm x 26cm x 3cm). 

Dissolve jelly in 1 and 1/2 cups boiling water, place in fridge for about 45 minutes until cool.

Crush biscuits in a food processor (or in a plastic bag with a rolling pin). transfer to a bowl and mix in melted butter.

Place mixture in prepared tray and press down firmly. Refrigerate for 30 minutes.

Dissolve gelatine in 1/2 cup hot water. Combine gelatine mixture with condensed milk in a bowl, pour over biscuit base and place back in fridge for 30 minutes until cool and nearly set.

Pour cold jelly on top of slice and return to fridge to set.

Slice into squares using a butter knife. I wiped the knife occasionally so that the white filling didn't ruin the look of the jelly.

The final result... YUMMMMMY... my older two were hanging around me while I was attempting to cut the slice, which was not the easiest of things to do. I used a butter knife to cut and a spoon to remove off the tray.

This is such a great recipe, easy too make, however the only down fall is that it takes so long with the constant, wait 30 minutes till its set... Which generally means, you cant really go out, instead you have plenty of time to do house work, or other mundane chores around the house. But for me.... I enjoyed a nice hot cup of tea, had a shower and started this blog. So for me, its time well spent.

I hope everyone who tried this enjoys it, as I am sure my older two boys will, as this is alot sweeter than I would normally make for them.