ANZAC Biscuits

The Anzac biscuit is a sweet biscuit, popular in Australia and New Zealand, made using rolled oats, flour, sugar, butter, golden syrup, baking soda, boiling water, and desiccated coconut.  Anzac biscuits have long been associated with the Australian and New Zealand Army Corps established in World War I.

Ingredients

• 1 cup each of Plain Flour, Sugar, Rolled Oats and Desiccated Coconut
• 115g Butter
• 1 tablespoon Treacle (Golden Syrup)
• 2 tablespoons boiling water (add a little more if mixture is too dry)
• 1 teaspoon of Bi-Carbonate Soda

Method

1. Grease trays (or baking paper) and pre-heat oven to 180 degrees celsius
2. Combine dry ingredients
3. Melt together butter and golden syrup
4. Combine boiling water to Bi-Carb Soda then and add to Butter mixture.
5. Mix butter mixture into dry ingredients
6. Drop teaspoons of mixture onto tray, I push them gently flat. (prob 6 or 8 per tray)
7. Bake for 10 - 15 minutes or until golden.
8. Allow to cool on tray for a few minutes before transferring to cooling racks

Makes approximately 30 biscuits.