Coffee Hazelnut Slice | You had me at coffee...
Oh the decadent deliciousness formed when you combine sweet, buttery, coffee and nutty flavours - this slice simply melts in your mouth.
Ingredients
Base
225g butter
2 tbsp instant coffee
400g can sweetened condensed milk
2 x 250g packets of wine biscuits, crushed
¾ cup desiccated coconut
¾ cup toasted hazelnuts, chopped
Coffee Icing
100g butter, softened
1 cup icing sugar
1 tsp instant coffee
1 tbsp boiling water
Method
Line a 17 x 27cm slice tin with non-stick baking paper with an overhang on all sides. Melt butter in a saucepan, then add coffee and condensed milk.
Simmer for 3 minutes but do not boil.
Stir in crushed biscuits, coconut and hazelnuts, then press mixture into the base of prepared tin. Leave to cool and set, and then spread with coffee icing.
Slice to serve.
To make coffee icing, beat butter and icing sugar together in a bowl.
Add instant coffee dissolved in the boiling water and beat until pale and creamy