Fifteens
Time: 5-10 minutes (plus 3-5 hours in the fridge)
Difficulty: Easy
Child Friendly:
Ingredients:
- 15 digestive biscuits (crushed)
- 15 marshmallows (quartered)
- 15 glacé cherries ( halved)
- 160 ml condensed milk
- desiccated coconut (for rolling)*
* Note: the desiccated coconut is used traditionally (well as traditional as you can get for a recipe featuring digestive biscuits) but I had to substitute it for crushed almonds which still provided a similar texture.
Everything needed to make fifteens. Helper optional.
I decided to make some fifteens with Ariya on Sunday. She recently got her British Passport and in order to complete her initiation I felt she needed to go through the time honoured ritual of making fifteens a classic Norn Irish Treat. Which is easy to make and also pretty tasty.
Equipment needed:
- Wooden spoon (for mixing and crushing the digestives)
- Mixing bowl
- Greaseproof paper
Method
Step 1: Crush the digestives in a mixing bowl
This was the most fun step for her.
Step 2: Add the condensed milk, halved cherries and marshmallows
Eat a sneaky marshmallow if you want.
Step 3: Mix!
Until you have something that looks like this:
Step 4: Roll it out on greaseproof paper into a sausage shape. Sprinkle the coconut/almond around it.
Admittedly it’s not that appealing here.
Step 5: Roll it up in the paper and stick it in the fridge for a few hours till it hardens.
Step 6: Cut and Eat.
Ariya had ran half way through the process of making it because her granny had came back so I had to finish making it and eating it by myself.
Hi Lee, thanks so much. Love these and didn’t know the recipe! Saw on your mum’s page..I’m Betty, your mum’s friend and work colleague… The mad Scottish one!
You’re welcome! You should definitely give them a go and share them at work.