This treat here is something that every single Latvian is familiar with. I prefer it called as Sweet brunette, but there are also other names for it such as Sweet sausage (this is the funny one) or Variegated sausage and only few hours after publishing this one I found out that it's called as a Lazy cake too.
Originally it's made of traditional classic Selga biscuits, but as I didn't have any I just used mix of very basic tea biscuits and Lotus cookies, worked very wall. Same with the marmalade. Used mini marshmallows instead and that worked too.
I think when I tried to make Sweet brunette on my very own, I was like 10 years old? It came out a bit too bitter because of cocoa powder I used. In this case I would suggest you to pick your favorite or the one that you use daily.
Also you can add some additional ingredients as nuts, raisins or any other dried fruits.
If you want to make an authentic Sweet brunette you will need:
180 grams biscuits
80 grams unsalted butter
10 tbsp of cocoa powder
1 egg
3-4 tsp of sugar
30-40 grams of marmalade
In a medium size bowl crush cookies in bigger and smaller pieces. Then cut marmalade in smaller pieces (or use marshmallows). Mix it with cookies.
In a sauce pan mix together egg and sugar, warm it up on a very low heat. DON'T BRING the mixture to the boil. Add cacao powder, stir it well and then add it to the cookies and marmalade mix.
Place the mixture on a foil or cling film and roll out the shape you want. Then wrap it into foil and place it a fridge for 3-4 hours.
I rolled out two smaller Brunettes of this mixture and then cut them in smaller cookie size bites.
Another no bake treat you can add to your list that doesn't requires much. I haven't tried yet but I assume that fresh fruit like bananas or some berries might work well.
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