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authentic fairy bread - hagelslag

(6 ratings)
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Recipe by
Carolyn Haas
@Linky1
Whitewater, WI

Fairy bread is what Australians call buttered bread full of sprinkles, usually served at a kids' party. Apparently there are some recipes using fancy kinds of bread cut into cute shapes and gourmet butter, plus unusual sprinkles. This hilarious version is from a Huffpost article a few years ago. Too funny not to save!! It turns out that the Dutch folks have their very own version, called Hagelslag. My East-friesan mother used to butter pumpernickel bread and sprinkle on white sugar - I never realized that this treat was regional !

(6 ratings)
yield 1
prep time 5 Min
method No-Cook or Other

Ingredients For authentic fairy bread - hagelslag

  • the cheapest, lightest, most nutritionally void loaf of white bread you can find (or a hearty variety works, too!)
  • generic brand butter, salted or unsalted, it doesn't matter
  • 100s and 1000s (nonpareil sprinkles) (or chocolate sprinkles) (or white sugar)

How To Make authentic fairy bread - hagelslag

  • 1
    Slather the butter a few centimetres thick onto the slices of bread. Cut off the crusts if you like. Make sure you spread the butter all the way to the crusts -- you want those 100s and 1000s to stick real good.
  • 2
    Sprinkle the sugar generously onto the buttered bread, making sure there are no gaps.
  • 3
    Eat fairy bread until you feel sick!!!!
  • Last Step: Don't forget to share! Make all your friends drool by posting a picture of your finished recipe on your favorite social network. And don't forget to tag Just A Pinch and include #justapinchrecipes so we can see it too!
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