Traditional Australian Fairy Bread & Dutch Hagelslag

A white plate with sliced triangles of Halloween sprinkles Fairy bread, orange leave table runner and glittery pumpkin ornaments.

Traditional Australian Fairy Bread & Dutch Hagelslag

Course: Dessert, Party

Cuisine: Australian

Prep Time: 10

Cook Time: 0

Total Time: 10

Servings: slices

Calories: 139kcal

Author: Jacq

Fairy bread is a traditional well-loved Australian party food that makes an appearance at most kids birthday parties. So easy, quick and customisable for any special occasion with different sprinkles.

Or try a slice of toasted bread with chocolate cake sprinkles for a traditional Dutch breakfast called Hagelslag.

Fairy bread and Hagelslag are the perfect no-bake almost instant doughnut replacements!

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US Customary - Metric

Equipment

butter knife
cutting board
bowl

Ingredients

Fairy bread:

4 slices bread [your choice, we like thick bakery white bread for this recipe]
2 tablespoons margarine or butter [we like to use Flora plant-based butter]
6 tablespoons cake sprinkles [use more or less as required]

Dutch Hagelslag:

4 slices bread [your choice, we like thick bakery white bread and wholemeal bread for this recipe]
2 tablespoons maragrine or butter [we like to use Flora plant-based butter]
6 tablespoons chocolate cake sprinkles [use more or less as required]

Instructions

Spread each bread slice with your choice of spread.
4 slices bread, 2 tablespoons margarine or butter
There are two ways the cake sprinkles can be added.
Either place the sprinkles into a bowl and then press the buttered bread into the sprinkles.
Or simply use a small spoon or just pick up the sprinkles and scatter over the bread until covered. Press the cake sprinkles into the bread.
[I prefer to use a spoon as a bowl requires many more sprinkles to be added and those not used may have butter on and so may get wasted if not used.]
6 tablespoons cake sprinkles
The bread crusts can be removed if preferred or just left on.
Gently shake the bread to remove any loose sprinkles.
Slice the fairy bread into triangles or squares.
Optional: Stamp out shapes from the bread using cookie cutters before adding the butter and sprinkles.

Prepare Dutch Hagelslag:

The bread can be toasted or left un-toasted, before spreading with your choice of spread and covering with chocolate cake sprinkles.
4 slices bread, 2 tablespoons maragrine or butter
Press the sprinkles into the bread, and if preferred lift the bread up and shake a little to remove the loose sprinkles.
6 tablespoons chocolate cake sprinkles

Notes

Nutritional information is for guidance only and is not a strict calculation as ingredients will vary.
Fairy bread or Hagelslag is best enjoyed soon after eating, or on the day of preparing as it will be at its freshest.
For gluten-free Fairy bread use a gluten-free bread and gluten-free cake sprinkles.
Instead of butter or margarine use a chocolate spread, peanut butter, almond butter, sunflower seed butter, Biscoff spread, fruit jam or fruit preserve, grape jelly, marmalade, mashed banana, etc.
Don't want to use shop-bought cake sprinkles? Try a natural alternative such as desiccated coconut, grated/shaved chocolate, dried fruits such as raisins, sultanas, currants or larger dried fruit sliced into small pieces such as apricots, dates,mango, pineapple, papaya, etc, crushed breakfast cereal, crushed cookies, crumbled cake, chopped vegan sweets/candy or little chocolates, chopped nuts, chopped vegan marshmallows, etc...the list is endless and kids will have great fun creating inventive combos!

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