Which is the tastiest Protestant traybake?

[FiddleFaddleDingDong]

NI Protestants are famed for their tray bakes but which is the best traybake of all?

I’m thinking something crunchy and chocolatey, a tiffin like thing. But are there unchocolatey traybakes that I just haven’t been exposed to? Are they keeping all the best recipes to themselves, strictly to be eaten behind closed doors?

And does it get a bit competitive? Does Annie cast aspersions on Doris’ traybaking abilities?

My gran made a wonderful gingerbread loaf. We used to put sliced, cold butter and sugar on top. It's a wonder I'm still alive at 50 tbh.

Fiddle, if you’re struggling with mars bar and apple, may I present... chicken and tinned nectarine segment sandwiches

I often wonder what on earth the rejected sandwich combinations were, if these ones made the cut...

You do all know, as a little Church of England English girl (not that I go to church regularly these days, but hey), I wouldn't have actually got the heck you were all on about until I actually lived in Northern Ireland for a couple of years?? And that's with Irish relatives and a Northern Irish best friend until she sadly passed away some years ago.

I almost spit my tea over the keyboard at the comment from the poster about the "traybake culture"....

I’m in NE Scotland. Though there seems to be a lot of similarities with NI.

The Christmas Schloer is a thing here too! Though you must feign surprise and amazement when it’s brought out every year.

I ‘think’ that in millionaire shortbread you bake the shortbread, but in a caramel square the base is crushed digestives and butter.

Lexiloo well I'm not sure. I'm not sure if the division is North v South, or Presbyterian v C of I, or if traybaking is the international language of protestantism.

I feel it would be the decent thing to post your tiffin recipe.

We were having a tidy up in church today, I found 6 bottles of shloer. They go out of date this summer, so we’ll have to drink them at a non-Christmas event. I think fizzy communion wine would definitely be a step too far though.

No, caramel squares have a shortbread base, not digestives.

I'm not 100 per cent sure what millionaire shortbread is but if the Marks & Spencers one is anything to go by, the caramel is soft.

chicken and tinned nectarine segment sandwiches

Did someone get pissed once on something that was most definitely not Shloer and decide to come up with the most horrifying sandwich combos!

Apple and mars bar sandwiches
After eight sandwiches
Chicken and tinned nectarine sandwiches (the 'tinned' element gives it a retro feel to go with the horror)

I hope to god traybakes aren't a gateway drug to totally mental sandwiches

So in a caramel square the caramel is chewy? With a baked
shortbread base?

Ah, hang on, i think I’m getting caramel slice mixed up with caramel tart. I’ve only ever heard millionaires shortbread be called millionaires shortbread.

Anyone else used to have apple and syrup sandwiches?

Just me? I'll get my coat

A proper caramel square is a rare treat. There has to be a layer of shortbread that doesn't disintegrate when you bite into it, a thick layer of chewy caramel (thin caramel or gritty fudgy caramel do not make the grade) and a not too thick but not too thin layer of proper chocolate over the top.

Butter and sugar sandwiches? That was a nice treat here in proddy west of Scotland.

I used to get apple sandwiches, but sadly without any mars bar. Deprived, I was.

Did anyone else eat cheddar sandwiches with jam on them? I can't actually decide if that happened during my childhood or if I somehow made it up because I have never found anyone else that had it.

My uncle used to eat sugar sandwiches. White bread spread with proper butter and then sugar sprinkled over.

Toffee cup anyone?

Xpost :o

@3out my church uses Shloer for communion!!! Took me ages to work out why it tasted familiar.

It's caramel square. Millionaire's shortbread is not A Thing or it's some kind of English imitation

Did anyone else eat cheddar sandwiches with jam on them?

Yes! Had to be raspberry jam, for some reason.

Did anyone else eat cheddar sandwiches with jam on them?

Yes, I did!

It's like a N Ireland version of deep fried brie with a raspberry coulis

sheepsheep yes to both!

I also clicked on the thread for the WTF factor.

I don't know what religion anyone is. The best traybake I ever had, I asked the baker for the ingredients list. When she emailed it, I understood why I liked it so much....all I can remember is

sugar
sugar
sugar
sugar
sugar
more sugar
lemon meringue pieces

Cheese and jam is lovely.
And phili and raspberry jam.
And syrup sandwiches.
Not so keen on sugar sandwiches, too gritty. Apparently, a staple at Australian kids parties is hundreds and thousands on bread. Sounds as pleasant as sand sandwiches to me!

No way @Firstbornunicorn! That’s hilarious! How doesn’t it fizz over the top of the tiny little glasses? Or are you a all-share-a-big-cup church?