Gluten-free ginger & nut slice
Forget about the fact this is gluten-free – I’d go so far as to say it could be nicer than the original recipe for my standard Oaty Ginger Slice! It works with a standard gluten-free flour mix (one without raising agent already added) or you can use coconut flour. I find coconut flour can be quite drying, so you could perhaps add another 25g butter or use a little less dessicated coconut. You can use a food processor to speed up the nut-chopping – try to get it down to a medium crumb. A few big pieces are okay but if they’re all quite large, the slice can go crumbly when you slice it.
Base
175g butter
3/4 cup brown sugar
2 tbsp golden syrup
1 1/2 tsp baking powder
2 tsp ground ginger
1 cup plain gluten-free flour mix
1 cup desiccated coconut
1 1/2 cups nuts, very finely chopped (I used cashews and almonds)
Icing
150g butter
1 1/2 cups icing sugar, sifted
3 tbsp golden syrup
4 tsp ground ginger
Method
Preheat the oven to 180c conventional (160c fan bake). Line a 32cm x 22cm slice tin with baking paper so it goes up the sides.
Melt the butter, sugar and golden syrup in a large saucepan over a medium heat, stirring gently to combine. Remove from the heat.
Sift the coconut, flour, baking powder and ginger into the pan with the buttery mixture. Add the nuts and coconut, and stir to combine. Press the mixture into the prepared tin in an even layer and bake in the oven for 15 minutes. Remove from the oven and leave in the tin.
Heat the icing ingredients (start with 2 cups of the icing sugar) in a saucepan (just rinse the one you used for the base), stirring over a medium heat until melted. If the butter isn’t all mixing in nicely, add more icing sugar until you have a nice smooth icing. Pour/spread over the warm slice. Leave in the tin to cool then cut into slices. Store in an airtight container in the fridge for up to a week (yeah, good luck with that).
I have made this a few times now, and it’s always a crowd pleaser. I made it again today and switched the ginger to a ginger spice mix from Pepper and Me (fennel, cinnamon, coriander, ginger, cardamom, allspice, nutmeg, cloves). Oh, my taste buds! I want to keep it all, but I’ll share because that’s a lot of butter and sugar!
I love this slice and slightly adapted it as I hate coconut and didn’t have gluten free flour and it is the bomb! Everyone loves it so I am no longer the banana cake lady I am now the ginger crunch with nuts lady ???????? thank you Chelsea
Fantastic recipe!! I add half a teaspoon of vanilla to the icing just before poring on the slice. I also garnish with Crystallized ginger… so yum!!!
This recipe is a keeper!
Hi
The recipe ingredients doesn’t list coconut flour but in the instructions there is a comma missing so it looks like you add coconut flour not coconut AND flour. My mistake but now I’ve added a cup of GF flour and a cup of coconut flour… Will see how it turns out. Suppose grammar counts this time or my reading and baking skills. Will know for next time.
thank you, changes have been made
Looks amazing. We’re diary free also – was thinking a combo of coconut oil and margarine to substitute for the butter?
Hi tried this recipe and realized it does not work without the nuts and coconut
Please can someone tell me, is the base crunchy or is it soft-ish? I had the most divine gluten-free ginger crunch today at Mat Cafe in Whitianga and badly want to make it myself. Thank you.
Absolutely divine, thank you Chelsea, a friend bought me some round to try so now make it.
Hi Chelsea, I made this today – it’s delicious! I love the texture the nuts add! Quick question, when I was mixing the base all together, my butter separated out. Can you tell me why this happened? Thanks!
Some walnuts would work in the base too.
Hi Chelsea
I love&use all your recipes..my daughter in-law has just becomeGF so I made this slice for her for Easter…is the base meant to be soft&chewy& my icing wouldnt set hard…still delicious however ..but wondering
Love this recipe and was a firm favourite. I no longer eat dairy though, would margarine work or is there another alternative?
Hi Chelsea
Reading your recipe was like a friend telling me how to cook it. Great that you give alternative ingredients. Waiting patiently for slice to be ready then I’m off to my beasties to share so I don’t guts the lot.
Hi I was wondering if you could help me put something like this without sugar. The only sweetener I can have is honey or stevia. Any tips would be awesome as I struggle to bake not being able to use sugar
Made this today for my sister who is GF, it’s her bridal shower tomorrow and needed something everyone could eat and enjoy. I knew if it was one of your recipes it was sure to be a knock out and it is!! YUM!! Now to stop the children and hubby devouring it before the party tomorrow ;) haha Thanks Chelsea, I have all your recipe books (standard request every birthday or christmas if there is one out I haven’t got) and we love all the recipes we’ve tried! :D
Thanks Tanya, that is so cool!
OMG this is the best slice I think I’ve ever made, even when I wasn’t gluten free! I took this to work yesterday and it was devoured (non gf workmates). It’s definately going to be my go to recipe – just have to keep nuts stocked up. So yummy. Thank you so much Chelsea.
Love this slice.just wondering if it’s suitable to freeze.?
Thanks Chris
I have since frozen this slice and it was still great
I made this for my sister who is celiac about 3 weeks ago and she is still raving about it! Ginger crunch was about the only sweet that she’s ever liked and hasn’t been able to have any since being diagnosed. Thank you Chelsea, to see how much she enjoyed it was fantastic especially when it can be so hard things she can eat. Will definitely be making this again and trying other gluten free recipes from your collection for our family get-togethers.
SO nice to see that you’ve put the size of the slice tin!!!! No guessing game for this recipe!! Thank you!
What brand gluten free flour mix do you use?
I’ve used Edmonds and it was great.
Best ever gluten free slice made for my work its a good seller !!! thank you very nice
Hi Chelsea Thank you for sharing this recipe – I have always loved ginger crunch but have had to give it up with the gluten free diet
thanks it was delicious : )
Thanks
Hey, this is really yummy, I tried replacing the sugar with stevia, it didn’t dissolve so I went back to the recipe, took it to a dinner party, what a hit…. I miss gingernut crunch, it’s not very common in Australia. Thanks Chelsea
Hi Chelsea.. yummo !! made this today… instead of coconut flour I used buckwheat flour and instead of desiccated coconut I used almond meal…. turned out great… thanks for the recipe :)
Yum! Can’t wait to make it… Had to miss out on ginger crunch today because it wasn’t gluten free. Now I can make my own this weekend…
Made this today, wanted to try and get the same texture as the original oat one so……..i followed the oat ones recipe and just used a gluten free baking mix and instead of oats used brown rice flakes. It was sensational :) Thank you
This was great Chelsea, I used Brazils, peanuts, sunflower and pumpkin seeds. I love it but husband isn’t fussed on all the coconut flour so I’ll try some other GF flour variations next time for him. Thanks!
Could uo make this without the nuts if someone is not very keen on them? If so what could the substitute be?
Delicious! kids loved it. I used almonds and hazelnuts.
I replaced coconut flour with gluten free flour, the whole family said it was yum! Thanks
Hey thanks for including a gluten free recipie I am going to give it a try.
Hi Chelsea I am intolerant to dairy soy and gluten. Any thoughts on what I could replace the dairy with. All spreads have soy products in them. I leaning towards coconut oil. What do ya reckon??
Cheers Kelly
Yup, go for extra virgin cold pressed coconut oil!
Omg!!!!! The best ever gf ginger crunch. I sometimes put chopped up stem ginger in the icing. I make it for xmas presses and everyone adores it
Is there a substitute for coconut flour please? It’s not something I imagine I would use a lot of! :-)
You can try using gluten-free flour mix if you like!
Ok, I’ll give it a go and let you know it turns out!
Hi Chelsea,
Just wondering if rice flour would work in this coconut flour?
Thanks :)
I haven’t actually tried it but give it a go!
Coconut flour is SUPER absorbent so if you were going to substitute for rice flour you might need quite a bit more rice flour :)
I used ordinary GF flour and works exactly the same. Best and easiest slice ever. Everyone loves even none GF love it
Hi Chelsea, these look delicious, but where would I find coconut flour? And is there anything I can use in place of it if I can’t find it?
Most good supermarkets should have it Janine, in the healthy food aisle if not with the flours :)
I just use plain GF flour It works everytime. Made this dozens of times. Real favorite
Chelsea
Thank you so much for sharing the Ginger Crunch Recipe. It has to the yummiest slice I have ever tasted, every one raved over it.
I will be making this forever now and sharing the recipe making sure that every one knows that it came from you.
Once again. thanks
Cheers Alison Blandford
Thank you Alison!
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