Why This Recipe Works
- Entire-grain digestive biscuits assist soak up extra moisture and forestall the dessert from changing into soggy.
- Sweetened condensed milk acts as a binder, holding the combination of cherries, marshmallows, and digestive biscuits collectively.
It’ll take a few half-second look on the above image to know whether or not or not you’re a fifteens particular person. Anybody who prefers candy-sweet desserts—and ones with some chew, at that—will forge on; these whose jaws twinge on the first hit of sugar needn’t proceed. Regardless, if you’re from Northern Eire, this fantastically saccharine (did I point out they’re candy??) enterprise is a birthright.
What you see is what you get right here. Fifteen digestive biscuits, 15 glacé cherries, and 15 marshmallows comprise this fast and simple no-bake “traybake,” no matter if you happen to’re consuming one in or round its beginning place of Ulster, Eire, choosing one up at a Belfast Starbucks, or making one proper now at (your most likely Irish) residence.
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Chances are you’ll very effectively be an individual who continuously craves snacks that might extra precisely be referred to as “confections” and who likes to attempt new issues. Ought to that be the case, know that the chopped-up marshmallows on this deal with present bounce and lightness, whereas the crushed-up biscuits enable even only one skinny slice of a 15 to really feel vital. A less-than-thorough smashing of mentioned biscuits (and all these chunks of all these cherries) lends texture to the ultimate product, which is in any other case easy given the nice stickiness of the condensed milk.
The ratio is vital right here. Not solely are the matched “fifteens” straightforward to recollect, however when mixed with the three/4 cup condensed milk, the specified texture is achieved. Any extra condensed milk and also you’d have extreme ranges of goop that will demand a clean-up plan post-snacking. Something extra would require tea for softening and dipping (somewhat than merely profit from it as a result of it’s a pure and beloved pairing).
Lastly, a constant coating of desiccated coconut round the entire, pre-sliced log is what makes this dessert each craveable and undeniably enjoyable. When portioned post-chilling, every easy-to-grip slice provides candy, candy Christmas in July…on any given afternoon. And wherever you might be!
Editor’s Notice
This recipe was developed by Jasmine Smith; the headnote was written by Tess Koman.
Fifteens (Northern Irish Digestive Biscuits and Marshmallows With Cherries)
Sweetened condensed milk pleasantly binds this hyper-local, hyper-sweet delicacy.
- 15 digestive biscuits (7 3/4 ounces; 220g), resembling McVitie’s Digestive Wheat Biscuits
- 15 glacé cherries (2 3/4 ounces; 78g), resembling Luxardo Maraschino Cherries, quartered
- 15 marshmallows (3 ounces; 88g), quartered
- 3/4 cup (175ml) sweetened condensed milk
- 2/3 cup desiccated coconut (4 ounces; 113g), divided
Place digestive biscuits in a zip-top bag. Utilizing a rolling pin, pound biscuits till finely crushed (some bigger items are okay). Switch to a big bowl. Add cherries and marshmallows. Pour over condensed milk and stir till effectively mixed and the crushed cookies, cherries, and marshmallows are completely coated in condensed milk.
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Overlap 2 items of plastic wrap on a clear work floor to type an 18- by 15-inch rectangle with the lengthy edge dealing with you. Sprinkle 1/3 cup of the desiccated coconut in a 12- by 4-inch rectangle within the heart of the plastic wrap rectangle. Utilizing a silicone spatula, scrape biscuit combination on high of the coconut. Utilizing the plastic wrap to squeeze and form, rigorously roll biscuit combination into a decent 12- by 3-inch log. Sprinkle remaining 1/3 cup desiccated coconut all around the formed cookie log, urgent to stick till the log is totally coated. Tightly roll up log with the plastic wrap. Wrap with one other layer of plastic wrap, twisting the ends to seal. Chill till agency, not less than 4 hours or as much as 3 days.
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Take away log from fridge, and unwrap. Slice log crosswise into 15 slices. Serve.
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Make-Forward and Storage
Fifteens might be made as much as 3 days prematurely. Hold tightly wrapped, unsliced, and refrigerated.