Emma’s Anzac Day Biscuits Recipe

The Anzac biscuit is a sweet and simple biscuit well-known for it’s association with the Australian and New Zealand Army Corps in World War I. Every year many families bring out their Anzac biscuit recipe and while cooking and eating them, they remember those who participated in, and affected by World War I.

There is nothing quite like a warm Anzac biscuit straight from the oven! So get your ingredients ready and have a go at cooking this Anzac biscuit recipe.

ANZAC Biscuits Recipe

Ingredients

• 1 cup rolled oats
• 1 cup plain flour
• 2/3 cup brown sugar
• 2/3 cup  desiccated coconut
• 125 g butter
• 2 tbs golden syrup see recipe notes
• 1/2 tsp bicarbonate of soda

Instructions

1. Preheat oven to 160 degrees Celsius
2. Combine the rolled oats, flour, brown sugar and coconut in a bowl.
3. Place butter, golden syrup and 2 tablespoons cold water into a microwave-safe bowl and heat for 3 minutes
4. Stir through the bicarbonate of soda.
5. Pour the butter mixture over the oat mixture and stir to combine.
6. Roll level tablespoons of mixture into balls.
7. Place on trays.
8. For chewy ANZACS, bake for 10 to 12 minutes or until light golden.
9. For crunchy ANZACS, increase cooking time to 12-15 minutes.
10. Leave on the baking trays for 5 minutes before transferring to a wire rack to cool completely.

History of the Anzac biscuit

“It has been claimed that biscuits were sent by wives and women’s groups to soldiers abroad, because the ingredients do not spoil easily and the biscuits kept well during naval transportation. However, this information has been contradicted with the claim that Anzac biscuits were never sent to soldiers and were instead eaten by Australians and Kiwis at home in order to raise funds for the war. In general, it is unclear which of these two competing claims is true. However, evidence has been found which suggests that soldiers were sent homemade biscuits during World War I, suggesting that they could likely have been sent Anzac biscuits.”