Snickerdoodle Slice

 Introduction: I found this in an old community cookbook while looking for something quick, simple and tasty to make for my family when they asked me to make afternoon tea.

The Slice:

Ingredients: 

• 2 cups of plain flour (I used white spelt flour)
• 1 cup of caster sugar
• 1 tablespoon of ground cinnamon
• 2 teaspoons of baking powder
• 1 cup of milk
• 2 eggs
• 125g of butter, melted
• 3 tablespoons of sugar
• 3 extra teaspoons of ground cinnamon  

Method:

• Preheat the oven to 180 degrees Celisius
• Lightly grease a 20cm by 30cm baking tin and line with baking paper hanging over the two long sides
• Sift together the flour, caster sugar, cinnamon and baking powder and make a well in the centre
• In a small bowl, whisk together the eggs and milk,
• Pour egg mixture into the flour and mix with a metal spoon to roughly combining
• Fold in the butter until smooth - do not over-mix.  
• Spoon half of the mixture into the tin and level the surface.
• Combine the sugar and extra cinnamon into cinnamon sugar and sprinkle two thirds over the mixture in the tin.
• Gently spoon the remaining mixture over the top , then sprinkle the remaining cinnamon sugar over the surface.
• Bake for 25 to 30 minutes or until firm.
• Cool in the tin for 20 minutes and then lift on to a wire rack to cool. 
• Cut into roughly 20 square slices.

New Methods Learnt:

• Folding in ingredients and learning not to overmix

Result: It didn't last long which suggests everyone found it tasty. It was a beautiful, soft cake consistency.