Chocolate Biscuits - Uncooked

3 Weetbix, crumbled
1 cup plain flour
1 Tbsp cocoa
1 cup sugar
1 cup coconut
1/4 lb margarine, melted

Method: Mix all ingredients together and press into a long, flat, well greased tin. When set ice with chocolate icing and cut into squares.

Source: contributed by Ros Rowe in A Collection of Favourite Recipes - The Point Turton Progress Association ("All proceeds from the sale of this book will go toward improvements to the Point Turton Playground"). (n.p., 1995), p.63.

No Bake Fruit Cake

16 weetbix, 3/4 cup orange juice, 2 tbspn jam, 2 cups mixed fruit, 1/2 cup nuts, 4 oz butter or margarine, 1 tspn cinnamon, 1/4 tspn nutmeg, 1 tspn vanilla, 1/2 cup sugar, 1 tbspn cocoa.

Method: Combined crushed weetbix with orange juice and jam in large bowl, set aside. Prepare other ingredients. Combined all except butter or margarine and mix thoroughly, add melted butter, mix well and turn into tin lined with paper. Press down firm, leave overnight. Ice if desired, cut into small squares or fingers. Will keep for months in refrigerator.

Source: contributed by Shirley Rohrlach in Blyth Recipe Book: Favourite Tested Recipes of the Blyth Trinity Lutheran Ladies Guild (Blyth Womens Guild, 1972), p.33.

Edited 26/12/2019: as made by the Pineapple Princesses, with a delicious pineapple variation: https://pineappleprincesses.blogspot.com/2019/12/merry-pineapples.html

Quick Tuna Casserole

1 pint milk with 1 tin tuna, 1 tin sweet corn, diced carrots, peas, salt & pepper, grated cheese, blob of butter, cayenne pepper. Bring to boil & thicken with 2 heaped tbspn plain flour. Add 6 hard boiled eggs (chopped) - optional. Top with more grated cheese & bread crumbs or weetbix. Blob with butter.

Source: contributed by Trudy Alm in Cookbook: St Joseph's School, Clare (Clare: St Joseph's School, 1991), p.43.

Dandy Biscuits

4 oz. margarine

1 cup sugar

1 cup S.R. flour

1 cup coconut

2 crushed Weetbix

2 tablespoons Golden Syrup

1 teaspoon carbonated soda dissolved in boiling water.

Method: Melt margarine and mix well with other ingredients. Place in teaspoonfuls on greased oven slide, cook until golden brown in moderate oven.

Source: contributed by Lyn Brooks, Tumby Bay Auxiliary in The Adelaide Children's Hospital Recipe Book 1982 (Adelaide: 1982), p.47.

Snowballs

9 Weetbix (crushed)

1 cup sultanas

1 tin condensed milk

1 cup coconut

2 tablespoons cocoa

Method: Place ingredients into a large bowl and mix well together with a large spoon. Put in refrigerator for about 10 minutes. Take a teaspoonful at a time and roll into balls with hand and roll in coconut. Put on tray to set.

Source: contributed by T. Bratten in Gulnare Gourmets (Adelaide: Gulnare Primary School Welfare Club, 1984 [2nd edition]), p.126.

Rum Balls (2)

9 Weetbix

2 tbspns Cocoa

1 cup Sultanas

1 tin Condensed Milk

1/2 cup Rum

Coconut

Method: Crush weetbix and add cocoa, sultanas, milk and rum. Mix thoroughly. Roll with wet hands into small balls and either roll in coconut or melted chocolate. Chill. Keep in airtight jar. Makes 4 dozen.

Source: Oodnadatta Cookbook (Oodnadatta: 1986), p.134.

Olympic Balls

7 Weetbix (crushed)

1 cup Coconut

1 cup Sultanas

2 tbspns Cocoa

1 tin Condensed Milk

Coconut, extra

Method: Mix well and roll into small balls, then roll in coconut (extra). Keep in fridge.

Source: Oodnadatta Cookbook (Oodnadatta: 1986), p.134.

Peppermint Biscuits

1 cup coconut

1/4 cup sugar

4 Wheetbix [sic] (crushed)

1/2 cup S/R flour

4 oz. butter (melted)

1 tablespoon golden syrup

Peppermint Icing -

8 oz. Icing Sugar

1/2 teaspoon peppermint essence

Drop green colouring

Milk to make consistency for icing. Mix well.

Method: Mix all dry ingredients. Pour melted butter and golden syrup on to dry ingredients. Mix well. Press into a greased swiss roll tin. Bake 15 minutes in moderate oven. While still warm ice will [sic] peppermint icing mixture. Allow to set, then cut into slices.

Source: contributed by J. Dragomir in Trinity Gardens Primary School Recipe Book (Adelaide, n.d.), p.51.

What Nots

1 tin condensed milk
9 crushed Weetbix
1 cup sultanas
1 tbls cocoa

Method: Mix ingredients and leave for 20 mins. Then roll and coat with coconut.

Source: contributed by A. Harvie in Booleroo Centre Primary School 1885-1985 Centenary Recipe Book (Revised edition 1985 of 1970 edition), p.109.

Weetbix Pastry

3 Weetbix
1 cup Self Raising Flour
1/2 cup melted Butter
1 cup Coconut
1/2 cup Sugar

Method: Crush Weetbix finely and add sugar, coconut and flour. Add margarine to dry ingredients. Press into greased 8 inch pie dish.

Source: Oodnadatta Cookbook (1986), p.90.