A Ridiculously easy slice recipe! You need a tin of sweetened condensed milk and then the rest of the ingredients are so flexible, you can make it as either a slice or cookies
Place the 5 cups of dry ingredients in a large bowl
The flour is completely optional, depending on the mix of ingredients you have chosen a little flour can help to bind things, if you have all lumpy ingredients with nothing small that mixes through, but if you have coconut, ground almond etc in the mix you don't tend to need the flour
Pour in the tin of condensed milk, stir so that everything is covered in the condensed milk
Decide if you are going to make cookies or a slice
Cookies
If you are making cookies,and you have a little flour to hand I would recommend adding a little to the mix
Drop spoonfuls onto a lined baking tray or cookie sheet
Bake for 5-8 minutes, you want them to be golden and a little bubbly, they will still be soft
Cool on the tray for 5-10 minutes
Slide baking paper off the tray and onto a cooling rack, cool completely
Store in an airtight container, in the fridge if it's really hot and humid
Slice
Line a slice tin or cake tin with baking paper
Press the mix into the tin so that it is even
Bake for 15 -20 minutes until golden
Cool in tin completely
Slice into pieces and then store in an airtight container, in the fridge if it's hot
Notes
This recipe is very flexible, it's about combining textures so you can substitute many things
Choc chips: Can be subbed for an extra cup of one of the above
If you are using light condensed milk you may need to add 1-2 tablespoon of flour to the mixBoth the cookies and slice will be soft when they come out of the oven but will harden as they coolFor the recipe to harden properly they need to bubble a little during the baking process