Salted Caramel Peanut Slice Gluten Free
Ingredients
  • Base
  • 130g or 1 cup plain gluten free flour
  • 100g or 1 cup organic desiccated coconut
  • 120g melted unsalted butter
  • ½ cup brown sugar
  • Caramel Centre
  • 60g butter
  • 1 x 400g tin sweetened condensed milk
  • ¼ cup golden syrup
  • 2 tsp sea salt flakes
  • ½ cup peanuts
  • Chocolate Topping
  • 2 tsp coconut oil
  • 100g 70% dark cooking chocolate
Instructions
Conventional Method
  1. Preheat oven to 180c.
  2. Combine butter, coconut, flour and sugar in a bowl and stir well. Press into a 20cm square or rectangular baking tin lined with baking paper. Bake for 15 minutes or until golden brown. Remove from oven.
  3. Combine condensed milk, butter, golden syrup and sea salt in a saucepan and stir over low heat for 3 minutes until caramel thickens slightly.
  4. Place the peanuts on top of base in a single layer. Pour caramel mixture over peanuts, ensure peanuts are covered by caramel so they don’t burn in the oven.
  5. Return slice to oven and bake for 15 minutes until caramel is golden. Cool and refrigerate.
  6. Stir chocolate and coconut oil over low heat in saucepan until melted. Pour over caramel and refrigerate until set.
Thermomix Method
  1. Preheat oven to 180c.
  2. Melt butter 40 sec/50C/speed 4. Add coconut, flour and sugar in a bowl and mix 30 sec/speed 4. Press into a 20cm square or rectangular baking tin lined with baking paper. Bake for 15 minutes or until golden brown. Remove from oven.
  3. Combine condensed milk, butter, golden syrup and sea salt in mixing bowl and cook 3 minutes/Varoma/speed 3 with MC removed until caramel thickens slightly.
  4. Place the peanuts on top of base in a single layer. Pour caramel mixture over peanuts, ensure peanuts are covered by caramel so they don’t burn in the oven.
  5. Return slice to oven and bake for 15 minutes until caramel is golden. Cool and refrigerate.
  6. Melt chocolate and coconut oil in mixing bowl 2-3 min/50C/speed 3. Pour over caramel and refrigerate until set.
Recipe by Helen Tzouganatos at https://helentzouganatos.com/salted-caramel-chocolate-peanut-slice-gluten-free/