Australian Fairy Bread Recipe to Unleash Your Inner Child

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Bring a smile to the face of both children and adults with our Fairy Bread recipe at your next birthday party or gathering, and revel in the delights of one of Australia and New Zealand‘s most colorful dishes.

Fairy Bread Recipe

What is Fairy Bread?

Fun and creative dishes don’t come much simpler than Fairy Bread! First referenced in Tasmanian newspaper Hobart Mercury in 1929, this incredibly simple 3-ingredient wonder has been a children’s favorite in Australian cuisine for the best part of a century, and is also enjoyed in New Zealand.

Prepare to take bread and butter to new heights, as we break down how to make a gloriously buttery, sweet, and soft Fairy Bread the whole family can enjoy.

Recipe Ingredients

To make Fairy Bread, you only need 3 ingredients:

• White bread
• Butter or Margarine
• Hundreds and Thousands (Nonpareils)

Step-by-Step Instructions

Step 1 – For authentic Fairy Bread, it’s important to start with a soft white bread, with the crusts on, that you can get from your local supermarket. Start by spreading a generous layer of butter or margerine over each slice of bread you intend to use.

Step 2 – Fairy Bread is an open sandwich, so cut each slice in half, from corner to corner, to make diagonal slices.

Step 3 – Sprinkle your hundreds and thousands generously over each slice. The tiny balls will stick to the butter, coating each slice in a delightful layer of sweet speckles.

It’s that simple! Serve your slices on a large plate, and watch the kids jump for joy when you bring a large stack of Fairy Bread through to the dinner table.

This is a dish you’d swear was invented by children. It sounds oh so wrong, but it looks and feels oh so right! Even adults won’t be able to resist the allure of this utterly unique and whacky Australian favorite once you place it on the buffet table.

This dish is childhood in a nutshell. You’ve got chewy soft white bread, rich, sticky butter, and sweet, bobbly hundreds and thousands melding together in each and every mouthful.

Australian cuisine is renowned for fusing wild and whacky ingredients, and no dishes sum this up quite like Fairy Bread.

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Fairy Bread

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Prep Time: 5 minutes mins

Total Time: 5 minutes mins

Author: Nomad Paradise

Cuisine: Australian

Servings: 4 slices

Equipment

• Nonpareils

Ingredients

• white bread
• butter or margarine
• hundreds & thousands nonpareils

Instructions

• For authentic Fairy Bread, it’s important to start with soft white bread, with the crusts on, that you can get from your local supermarket. Start by spreading a generous layer of butter or margarine over each slice of bread you intend to use.
• Fairy Bread is an open sandwich, so cut each slice in half, from corner to corner, to make diagonal slices.
• Sprinkle your hundreds and thousands generously over each slice. The tiny balls will stick to the butter, coating each slice in a delightful layer of sweet speckles.

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Author: Doina is a content creator and home chef, passionate about traveling all over the world to try new foods and using them to evolve her cooking back home.

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