Anzac biscuits
These tasty eggless biscuits/cookies are an Aussie staple and so packed with flavor.
Servings: 12 biscuits/cookies
Calories: 114kcal
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Ingredients
- 4 tablespoon unsalted butter
- ½ cup all purpose flour plain flour
- ½ cup desiccated coconut
- ½ cup oats (old fashioned/rolled oats)
- ⅓ cup sugar
- 4 teaspoon boiling water
- ½ teaspoon baking soda bicarbonate of soda
- 2 teaspoon golden syrup
Instructions
- Preheat the oven to 355F/180C and prepare a large baking sheet/tray with parchment or a silicone baking mat. Melt the butter either in a small pan or in a microwavable dish (eg pyrex) for 20 seconds at a time, stir then repeat until just melted.
- Place the flour, coconut, oats and sugar in a medium-sized bowl and mix together.
- Measure the boiling water into a separate small bowl and add the baking soda. Stir to dissolve (it may not completely, and may fizz up but both fine). Add the golden syrup and stir to dissolve/mix (again may not completely). Add the melted butter and mix.
- Add the wet ingredients to the dry ingredients and mix everything so evenly distributed.
- Take roughly tablespoonfuls of the mixture and roll each spoonful in your hands into a ball. Place on the lined baking sheet with a good amount of space (around 3in/7.5cm) between each biscuit and flatten the ball slightly. Repeat with the rest of the mixture.
- Bake the biscuits for approximately 10 - 15 minutes until evenly golden. I found 12 minutes gave a nice balance of crisp edges and still slightly soft which became chewy in the middle. Nearer 15 minutes will make them more evenly crisp.
Video
Notes
When I say "tablespoonfuls" of the mixture, I am meaning US-sized, 15ml spoons, rather than Australian 20ml spoons - if using Australian measure, I'd suggest you have a slightly under-filled spoon or alternatively make slightly less but larger.
As you can see, this makes a relatively small batch but you can easily multiply up the quantities of everything equally to make more, as needed. Bake time will be the same.
Video shows making a half batch of 6, but method etc is exactly the same.
Nutrition
Calories: 114kcal | Carbohydrates: 14g | Protein: 1g | Fat: 6g | Saturated Fat: 4g | Trans Fat: 1g | Cholesterol: 10mg | Sodium: 48mg | Potassium: 37mg | Fiber: 1g | Sugar: 7g | Vitamin A: 115IU | Vitamin C: 1mg | Calcium: 5mg | Iron: 1mg