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ANZAC Biscuit Recipe

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In the lead up to ANZAC Day on 25 April, we thought we’d share our favourite ANZAC Biscuit recipe.

According to Australian War Memorial, “The biscuit that most of us know as the ANZAC biscuit is a sweet biscuit made from rolled oats and golden syrup. These must not be confused with that staple of soldiers’ and sailors’ rations for centuries, the hardtack biscuit.

From the 1920s onwards Australian recipe books nearly always included ANZAC biscuits but exactly how this recipe became identified with ANZAC, or the First World War, is unknown. They don’t have the shelf-life of hardtack biscuits but they do last a reasonable amount of time, so it is possible that they became known as a suitable inclusion in parcels of small luxuries and comforts that families and charitable organisations used to send overseas to soldiers.”

We reckon the only reason ANZAC biscuits don’t have the shelf-life of hardtack biscuits is because they are too delicious to store!

Mum Central ANZAC Biscuit Recipe

  • 1 cup rolled oats
  • 1 cup plain flour
  • 2/3 cup brown sugar
  • 2/3 cup dessicated coconut
  • 125g butter chopped
  • 2Tb golden syrup
  • 2 Tb cold water
  • 1/2 teaspoon bicarbonate soda

Preheat oven 160C

1. Combine oats, flour, sugar and coconut in a large mixing bowl.

2. Place butter, golden syrup and water in a saucepan on medium heat. Stir until butter is melted. Stir in bicarbonate soda.

3. Using a wooden spoon, stir butter mixture into the dry ingredients in bowl.

4. Roll tablespoons of mixture into balls. Place on biscuit trays about 5 cms apart. Flatten slightly.

5. Bake for approximately 10-12 minutes until golden for chewy and 15-16 minutes for crunchy.

Cool on wire racks and serve them to your troops!

 

 

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  1. Avatar of Akka08

    Yet another “find” .. Must put Syrup on shopping list so that it is ready for baking Anzac biscuits

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