A yummy crunchy chocolate biscuit, traditional in New Zealand, and nothing to do with people from Afghanistan! It was so named because of the dark colour of the biscuit...
Afghans
200g (7oz) butter
75g (3oz) sugar
175g (6oz) flour
25g (1oz) cocoa
50g (2oz) cornflakes
Soften butter, add sugar and beat to a cream; add flour, cocoa and lastly cornflakes. Put spoonfuls on a greased oven tray and bake about 15 minutes at 180oC (350oF). When cold, ice with chocolate icing and put walnuts on top.
recipe from: Edmonds Cookery Book
Don't forget the walnut on top - they're not Afghans without the walnut!