Covid Creations: Biscuit recipe

ANZAC Biscuit Recipe

ANZAC biscuits are an Aussie’s dream. If someone makes you ANZACs, it’s honestly a sign of true love. Since lockdown is so difficult, I thought I’d try and share some love with all of you lot by sharing my family’s ANZAC biscuit recipe, and especially because ANZAC Day was on the 25th of April.

Here’s a bit of history, if you’re interested: ANZAC itself stands for ‘Australia and New Zealand Army Corps’, identifying those Aussie and Kiwi soldiers who fought in the First World War. The biscuits were made by women down-under, and sent away to the front lines, because the biscuits’ shelf life is incredibly long. They’re also made out of cheap ingredients that were rationed during the war period, making them accessibly easy to bake during WW1. ANZAC Day is a national holiday in both Aussieland and the All Blacks home country, celebrating their WW1 soldiers, and it is also celebrated more widely by other countries.

Anyway, I hope that some of you give this recipe a go. It’s been in my family for over 100 years now (even though most recipes are similar), so I hope you enjoy creating this in lockdown.

(makes roughly 30 ANZAC Biscuits)

INGREDIENTS:

1 cup rolled oats 1 cup plain flour ¾ cup sugar ¾ cup desiccated coconut 125g butter 1 tbsp golden syrup 1 tsp bicarbonate of soda 2 tbsp boiling water

METHOD:

1. Lob the oats, sifted flour, sugar and coconut in a large bowl and give it a good mix. 2. In a pan, stir together the butter and golden syrup over a low heat until the butter is melted. 3. Combine the bicarbonate of soda with the water and add it to the butter mixture in the pan. 4. Take the pan off the heat and pour its contents into the bowl of oats, flour, sugar and coconut – give it a good old stir 5. Take 3 teaspoons of the mixture and lob it on a greased oven tray. Press down on it a little to flatten it out. This is one biscuit. Make sure to repeat this process with 4cm between each blob of mixture – the biscuits spread whilst they’re in the oven. 6. Put your tray of biscuits into the oven at 135oC for 15 – 20 mins, or until golden-brown.