Golden weekenders - Real Recipes from Mums

These hark back to granny’s goodies, with a rich sweet taste that mimicks the golden brown colour that they are. Yummy with a cuppa and great for a lunchbox treat.

Ingredients (makes 24 Medium cookies)

2 cups plain flour
2 cups cornflakes
2 tbsp maca powder (optional)
1 loose cup brown sugar
250g butter, melted
1 tbsp rice syrup or golden syrup
1 tsp bicarb soda
2 tbsp boiling water

Method

Place all dry ingredients into a bowl and combine.
Melt butter with rice syrup & vanilla.
Dissolve bicarb soda in boiling water & add to butter (this should froth slightly allowing the contents to blend).
Add wet to dry and combine. Tip - don't over mix biscuit recipe as it over works the gluten and you'll get a more dense bready result.
Place tbsp sized blobs onto a lined tray and bake for 20 minutes on 180 C.

32 Comments

- - ella12 said
  - 23 Dec 2023
    10:57 pm
These look really nice, thank you.

- - youngoldlady said
  - 12 Apr 2017
    6:18 pm
so remember these and have not thought of them in ages. Pinned ready to make and use the cornflakes no body is eating.

- - mom0211 said
  - 30 Sep 2016
    3:39 pm
Love this recipe!!

- - sharna_booth_weinrowski said
  - 11 May 2016
    12:58 pm
oh yum! Thank you for sharing this! will be trying these!

- - mom160421 said
  - 30 Apr 2016
    10:35 pm
Good old-fashioned treats – I love them.

- - mom134803 said
  - 30 Apr 2016
    3:41 am
They look very nice but reading the ingredients they’re too sweet for us.

- - serotonin said
  - 19 Mar 2016
    1:45 pm
These look amazing, yum! Will have to try these out. Might even add some choc chips because chocolate makes everything extra awesome! Thanks for sharing!

- - mom19782016 said
  - 20 Jan 2016
    8:50 am
Reckon these would taste fantastic straight out of the oven.

- - coastalkaryn said
  - 13 Dec 2015
    1:33 pm
weekends go way too quickly – maybe a bikkie will help ?

- - hopefullyheidi said
  - 26 Oct 2015
    11:38 pm
Great biscuit recipe without eggs

- - mom113055 said
  - 15 Oct 2015
    10:17 pm
golden weekeders golden time

- - mom113055 said
  - 05 Oct 2015
    11:48 pm
weekenders golden

- - mom94125 said
  - 01 Oct 2015
    9:17 pm
thank you on posting this recipe too. great job tenille

- - mom81879 said
  - 27 Sep 2015
    8:22 pm
They look quite moorish and rich. With a couple of healthy ‘super’ foods. I’m very interested

- - mom113055 said
  - 25 Sep 2015
    7:42 pm
golden weekenders

- - dannsbuild said
  - 17 Sep 2015
    10:06 pm
Nice! Thanks for sharing this recipe! Very nice!

- - mom109009 said
  - 15 Sep 2015
    8:35 pm
Yummo. I can’t wait to try this recipe. Thanks for sharing.

- - rebekah.bone said
  - 31 Aug 2015
    3:06 pm
Loving the sound of these.
Will have to try them.

- - SweetSprouts said
  - 30 Aug 2015
    9:51 pm
Wow this is a great recipe, sounds easy and fast, love Corn Flakes in Cookies, still dont know what maca powder is, if anyone can tell me thankyou, all these new superfoods and stuff come along toooooooo fast for my old simple brain. hehe.

- - mom57808 said
  - 26 Aug 2015
    6:52 am
very good thanks mums