This version of the classic Australian recipe was shared with me in my second year of teaching by a mother I admired – her children always had such yummy, homemade goodies in their lunchboxes! And I was a new graduate, recently moved out of home who didn’t know much about baking at all! Given today is Australia Day, I thought it was a great time to share what I am sure will be a school lunchbox staple in our home.
Immy sifted and combined the dry ingredients while I melted the butter/syrup, and then she mixed everything together and helped me to roll and flatten the balls. And they are really yummy!
Anzac Recipe
You will need:
125gm butter
2 Tablespoons golden syrup
1 cup plain flour
1/2 cup sugar
3/4 cup coconut
1 cup rolled oats
1/2 teaspoon bicarb soda
1 Tablespoon boiling water
To make:
1. Pre-heat oven to 150C.
2. Melt butter with golden syrup in a saucepan over low heat.
3. Sift flour, add sugar, coconut and rolled oats. Mix well in a large mixing bowl and then make a hole in the middle of the dry ingredients.
4. Pour in melted butter mix. Dissolve bicarb in boiling water and add to mix. Combine well.
5. Take a tablespoon of the cookie mixture, roll into a ball and slightly flatten. Place onto prepared baking tray, allowing room to spread.
6. Bake for 20 minutes (slightly longer if you like your Anzacs crunchy not chewy). Let stand a few minutes and then transfer to cooling racks. Store in an airtight container once cooled.
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Can’t we call this iconic Australian snack by it’s original name of a biscuit in honour of it’s Australian-ness, rather than a cookie? I know this website goes international, but they were known as biscuits when they were invented in WWI.
I just call them plain Anzacs, Helen, it is actually Immy who calls them cookies
I guess Helen is correct. As an Aussie ‘thing’ perhaps bikkie would be best as we Australians abbreviate everything it is possible to abbreviate and even some things that can’t be. You could say that a rose by any other name (and all that) applies here as it is a super recipe no matter what it is called.
Great recipe! Have been searching for a easy Anzac recipe for awhile so I can do this with my children and glad to of found one now : )