Anzac Biscuits
Serves: 24 or more cookies
Easy Anzac Biscuits which you can make with the kids! Crispy on the outside and chewy in the centre, these Anzac biscuits are perfect with a cup of tea. Recipe with step-by-step photos.
Ingredients
- 100 g (⅔ cup) rolled oats
- 100 g (⅔ cup) plain flour, (all-purpose flour)
- 70 g (⅓ cup) caster sugar, (superfine sugar)
- 50 g (½ cup) desiccated coconut, (shredded coconut)
- 1 pinch fine salt
- 1 teaspoon baking soda
- 1 1/2 tablespoons warm water
- 1 tablespoon golden syrup
- 125 g (1 stick plus 1 tablespoon) unsalted butter, melted
Instructions
- Preheat the oven to 150°C/300°F (without fan).
- Line a few baking trays with baking paper.
- In a large mixing bowl, combine the rolled oats, flour, sugar, coconut and salt.
- Dissolve the baking soda and warm water in a small bowl.
- Add the baking soda mixture to the dry ingredients.
- Add the melted butter and golden syrup to the dry ingredients.
- Use a wooden spoon and give everything a good stir.
- Pinch a small piece of the mixture (about 1 tablespoon), roll it into a ball.
- Place the balls of dough onto the lined baking tray.
- Flatten the balls of dough into a circle and use your fingers to nicely shape the edges.
- Repeat with the remaining mixture.
- Make sure you leave a good 5 cm (2 inches) between each flattened biscuit to give them room to spread (these cookies spread a bit in the oven, but do not rise so much).
- For crunchy biscuits, bake for 13-20 minutes, depending on the size of your biscuits, or until dark golden brown. If you prefer chewy biscuits, bake them for less time until they are light golden in colour.
- Leave the biscuits on the tray for several minutes until they have firmed up, before removing them to a wire rack to cool completely.
Kitchen Notes
- TIPS FOR MAKING ANZAC BISCUITS
The mixture is a bit greasy from the butter, so I recommend using a small ice-cream scoop to portion the biscuits. This also helps to make all the biscuits the same size. - VARIATIONS
* Add more sugar or golden syrup if you like your biscuits to be sweeter.
* Add 1/2 cup chocolate chips to mixture.
* Drizzle some dark chocolate over the biscuits. - RECIPE CREDIT
This recipe is adapted from Australian Food by Matt Moran. - OVEN TEMPERATURES
All recipes on this website state temperatures for a regular oven (i.e. a conventional oven without fan). If you have a convection oven with a fan, please consult the manufacturer's handbook on how to adjust the temperature and baking time accordingly. - CONVERSIONS
To convert from cups to grams, and vice-versa, please see this handy Conversion Chart for Basic Ingredients.