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IrmaVep · Last edited by IrmaVep on Aug 23, 2011 5:39 am; edited 1 time in total

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Anzac Biscuits by lis0707, on Flickr

Anzac biscuits are a long standing tradition in Australia and NZ. Named because they were often sent overseas to serving troops (known collectively as the Australian and New Zealand Army Corps), and would stay good during the long transit time. They have no eggs in them, as they were hard to get during the war.

Oh, and a word of warning. You are not allowed to call these cookies. They are biscuits. The law says so (look it up on wikipedia if you don't believe me!)

Anzac biscuits

1/2 c plain flour
1/3 c sugar
2/3 c dessicated coconut
3/4 c rolled oats
50g butter
1 T golden syrup
1/2 t baking soda
2 T boiling water

Mix the flour, sugar, coconut and rolled oats in a bowl.

Melt the butter and golden syrup and stir to mix.

Dissolve the baking soda in the boiling water and add to the butter mix, then stir the wet ingredients into the dry ones.

Place tablespoon-sized pieces of the dough onto a cold greased baking tray (note, I shaped mine with my hands, as the dough doesn't really stick together). You should end up with 20 biscuits.

Bake at 180degC for about 15 minutes or until golden. They will harden somewhat on cooling.

Note: in NZ recipes, the following measures apply

1 t (teaspoon) = 5ml
1T (tablespoon) = 15ml
1 c (cup) = 250ml

meexie · Joined: 08 Apr 2004 Posts: 5992

Thank you!

Mom is going to be so pleased. She does like a good biccie.

Americans - I substitute corn syrup for golden syrup. It's not the same, but it's close enough. I can get Lyle's Golden Syrup, but at a specialty shop at specialty prices.
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IrmaVep · Posted: Aug 21, 2011 1:39 am Post subject:

I don't think Golden Syrup ever goes off, so a can of it will last forever. Until you discover the wonders of Ginger Crunch that is. And then it will go through even faster if you discover how good it is on a hot buttered crumpet. Also, many people like a swirl of golden syrup on their porridge.

scarymonster · Guest

Yum! Anzac Biscuits are really good...I've got a bag of them now, in fact. If you are looking for a new recipe to try, these are really good and simple!

Lassi · Joined: 07 Apr 2004 Posts: 1327

Yum, I love making these for my SO on his birthday or on Australia day! Aside from family and friends, I swear, he misses baked goods more than anything from home. We don't have any trouble getting Golden Syrup (at the specialty store, but you can make so many batches with a can that it lasts forever--so long as SO isn't snacking on spoonfuls here and there with everything!).

Tangent: Another Australian treat that I made semi-recently was a batch of cupcake versions of this iced vovo cake:
http://www.raspberricupcakes.com/2011/01/iced-vovo-cake.html

PurpleDoor · Joined: 07 Apr 2004 Posts: 4552 Location: California

I think we need a thread devoted to Aus/NZ desserts and baked goods! Mostly because it would give me an excuse to pull the various biscuit and slice recipe collections gifted from my grandmother out of storage and start trying them out (thought I'm not sure how many of those are really "Australian" in the sense that things like anzac biscuits or pavlova are...anyway). Also because I love coconut in baking and that seems to be a common ingredient.

IrmaVep · Posted: Aug 23, 2011 5:38 am Post subject:

PurpleDoor · Joined: 07 Apr 2004 Posts: 4552 Location: California

BlueJedi · Guest

Those look so good! I wish our oven was not broken, or else I'd be making these today.

IrmaVep · Posted: Aug 23, 2011 7:56 pm Post subject:

BlueJedi · Guest

I made them!
Although they're practically all gone because the recipe doesn't make very many.
But they're so good! They're not sickening sweet and seem like you could easily add in nuts or something too. Definitely a keeper.
TY for sharing the recipe.

christinaheart · Posted: Aug 31, 2011 6:40 am Post subject:

These sound delicious. I'm gonna have to try these! Of course, I've never seen golden syrup where I am... I might have to improvise a little.
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checkersumthing · Joined: 07 Apr 2004 Posts: 2942 Location: Montreal, Qc

meexie · Joined: 08 Apr 2004 Posts: 5992

racheli · Joined: 16 Oct 2005 Posts: 1521 Location: CLT, NC

I have a sad contribution to this thread - before we moved to North Carolina a few weeks ago, I mailed all my books to my parents so we didn't have to send them with the movers. One of the boxes was opened and most of the books stolen, and one of those books was my Edmonds Cookery Book that my SIL gave me years ago :( :( :(

I need to get my hands on another copy!
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