ANZAC Biscuits

My Aussie readers know what I am talking about. For those in other countries, here’s a bit of Australia…

ANZAC Day (Australian and New Zealand Army Corps) is a public holiday on April 25th. It is the day Australian soldiers landed in Gallipoli in 1915. We use this day to remember those lives lost at war, and to be thankful for the freedom they have given us today. Back in the times of WW1 the soldiers wives came up with a biscuit (aka cookie to my American friends) recipe that would have a long shelf life and not spoil easily.

Anzac Biscuit Ingredients

1 cup plain flour
I cup sugar
1 cup rolled oats
1 cup desiccated coconut
4 oz butter
2 tablespoons boiling water
1 tablespoon golden syrup
1 teaspoon bicarbonate of soda

(add a little more water if mixture is too dry)

***NB: I know from living in USA that it can be difficult to find some of these ingredients. If you are interested in making them at home, leave me a message and I will let you know more

Anzac Biscuit Directions

Preheat oven to 180 degrees Celsius (or approx 375 degrees F).
Grease a biscuit tray or line with baking paper.
In a large bowl, combine all the dry ingredients.
In a small saucepan over a medium heat (or in a microwave proof jug or bowl in the microwave), combine the butter and golden syrup until the butter has melted.
In a small bowl, combine the boiling water and bicarbonate of soda.
Add the bicarb and water mixture with the melted butter and golden syrup.
Combine all ingredients in a large bowl.
Mix thoroughly.
Dollop teaspoonfuls of the biscuit mixture onto the greased baking tray.
Don't forget that the biscuits WILL spread during baking, so make sure you leave room for them to spread!
Bake for 12 minutes, or until golden brown.
Remove from oven.
Allow the Anzac biscuits to cool on the tray for a few minutes before removing to a cooling rack.

 

On ANZAC Day, (Back in April) we made ANZAC biscuits with the boys. They had a great time! They each had their own bowl and half the mixture went in each bowl. Forgive me for heaps of photos, but doing and seeing everything twice is just the way life is with twins!!

Ethan gets some flour sifted in his bowl

and had a taste (clearly much to my amusement and disgust!)

Sifting

Ben’s turn for flour

Sifting 

Stirring

Rolled oats for Ben

Such concentration and careful pouring 

Rolled oats for Ethan

More stirring

Coconut for Ben

Coconut for Ethan

And some sugar

Mixing mixing

Mummy’s turn to melt the butter 

And some water 

And the golden syrup  

Add bi-carb soda and it froths up

Pour and mix into dry ingredients.

Ethan has a taste…. yummm!!

Then we roll the mixture into balls

Apparently a difficult thing to do for a 3yr old. They kept squashing it….. but they didn't care. They had fun.

Ready to go into the oven

Lick the bowl!  (Look at their pants….. nice and dirty!)

Ready….. Yummmmm!!!  

YUUMMMMMM cookie and milk snack!