Recipe: Chocolate Crunchies

Last week, I felt like something sweet and I was having friends for tea so instead of stopping at the local bakery, I decided to get baking… 
A quick and easy recipe.

And note: first official recipe on this blog (not including my recipe challenge)

Chocolate Crunchies:

Ingredients:

• 180g margarine or butter
• 2 cups oats
• 1 cup coconut
• 1 cup flour
• 1 cup brown sugar
• 1 tbsp syrup
• 1 tsp bicarbonate of soda
• 1 cup raisins
• 1/2 cup chopped cherries

(You can add any fruit or nuts)

Icing:

• 2 cups icing sugar
• 2 tsbp cocoa
• hot water

(You can leave the icing off too)

Method:

• Melt butter and syrup together.
• Add bicarbonate and stir until it froths.
• Mix dry ingredients in.
• Flatten mixture out on a greased baking tray
• Bake at 180' for 20 - 30 minutes
• Ice while still hot.
• Cut into squares and serve.
• Delicious!!