JoyZine - Australian Food: Recipe for Anzac Biscuits

Anzac Biscuits

1 cup plain flour
1 cup rolled oats
¾ cup desiccated coconut
¾ cup caster sugar
125g (4 oz) butter
1 tablespoon golden syrup or light molasses
1½ teaspoons bicarbonate of soda
2 tablespoons boiling water

Preparation time: 20 minutes
Total cooking time: 20 minutes
Makes about 25

Preheat oven to slow 150°C (300°F). Brush 2 oven trays with melted butter or oil. Place flour, oats, coconut and sugar in a large mixing bowl, stir until combined.

Combine butter and golden syrup in small pan, stir over high heat until melted. Mix soda with boiling water, add to melted butter and syrup. Add to flour mixture, stir until combined.

Shape level tablespoonsful of mixture into balls and flatten slightly; place onto prepared trays, about 6cm apart.

Bake 15-20 minutes or until crisp and golden. Remove from oven, stand 2 minutes. Loosen biscuits and cool on wire rack.