anzac biscuits - recipe

110g plain flour

175g granulated sugar

75g desiccated coconut

75g rolled oats (we used porridge oats)

85g butter

1 tablespoon golden syrup

1/2 teaspoon bicarbonate of soda

2 tablespoons boiling water

Pre heat oven to gas mark 4 350 F/180 C.

Youll also need 2 well greased baking sheets.

Start off by combining the flour sugar coconut and oats in a mixing bowl. Then place the butter in a small pan along with the syrup and warm these gently until melted then remove from the heat.

Next dissolve the bicarbonate of soda in the boiling water in a cup stir this into the melted butter and syrup mixture and then stir the whole lot into the dry ingredients until the mixture forms a stiff paste. 

Now arrange walnut sized lumps of the paste on the greased baking sheets  about 2.5cm apart to allow room for expansion  and bake in the oven for 15 minutes. 

Leave the biscuits on the trays for a minute or two before using a palette knife to loosen them. 

Cool them on wire racks and store in an airtight tin

Makes about 40 biscuits