Alternative:Anzac Biscuits

Alternative:Anzac Biscuits
Category:	Cookie recipes
Servings:	~15
Time:	prep: 15 min baking: 15 min
Difficulty:

| Cuisine of Australia | Cuisine of New Zealand

ANZAC biscuits have long had an association with the Australia/New Zealand Army Corps (ANZAC) troops sent to Gallipoli during WWI. The biscuit appears to be a variation of Scottish oat cakes, said to be from the Scottish-influenced city of Dunedin. The recipe was created to ensure the biscuits would keep well during naval transportation to loved ones who were fighting abroad.

Ingredients

• 2 cups plain (non - self raising) Flour
• 1 cup sugar
• 4 tablespoons golden syrup (cane syrup)
• 1 cup desiccated coconut
• 2 cups rolled oats
• 225 grams butter or margarine

if you don't have coconut add more syrup and more oats

Procedure

1. Mix the dry ingredients in a bowl, and melt the syrup and butter in a saucepan. If necessary add a little water to the mix.
2. Mix the wet and dry ingredients and roll into small balls and flatten on oven trays
3. Bake at 150°C (300°F) for about 15 minutes.

The finished biscuits are quite chewy and crisp, with a long shelf-life.

Notes, tips, and variations

1. Using brown sugar instead of white sugar gives more colour and flavour
2. 1 teaspoon bicarbonate of soda and add a little more water if mixture is too dry
3. http://www.awm.gov.au/encyclopedia/anzac/biscuit/recipe.htm - A recipe by an original ANZAC.Anzac Biscuits Recipes