Anzac biscuits
The Anzac biscuit is a sweet biscuit that Australians eat on Anzac Day (Australian and New Zealand Army Corps (ANZAC)), a national day of remembrance that commemorates those who served and died in all wars, conflicts, and peacekeeping operations. It is thought that these 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. They feature a delicious combination of oats, flour, coconut, margarine, and golden syrup (a thick, amber-coloured form of inverted sugar syrup). You can make those biscuits very easily and substitute the golden syrup for maple syrup, but golden syrup has such a particular flavour!
Recipe inspired from La Cuisine de Bernard.
Ingredients
- 85g white sugar
- 100g oats
- 75g desiccatedshredded coconut
- 100g wheat flour
- 65g golden syrup
- 120g margarine
- 1/4 tsp bicarb soda
Instructions
- Turn on the oven at ~180°C (fan on).
- Mix all dry ingredients together in a bowl.
- In a small saucepan, bring the golden syrup and margarine to a low boil. Add them to the bowl, and mix.
- Using an ice cream scoop or your hands, place balls of the dough on a baking paper, and flatten them using the palm of your hand.
- Bake for 12-15 min (depending on how crispy or chewy you like them), and let them cool a down a bit when you take them out of the oven. Otherwise, they will break as you try to handle them.
- Transfer them on a cooling rack, let them completely cool down, and store in an air-tight container in the fridge.