Anzac Cookie Recipe

Ingredients:

• 1 1/4 cups plain flour, sifted
• 1 cup rolled oats
• 1/2 cup caster sugar
• 3/4 cup desiccated coconut
• 2 tablespoons golden syrup or treacle
• 150g unsalted butter, chopped
• 1/2 teaspoon bicarb soda

Method:

• Preheat oven to 170°C. 
• Place the flour, oats, sugar and coconut in a large bowl and stir to combine. 
• In a small saucepan place the golden syrup and butter and stir over low heat until the butter has fully melted. 
• Mix the bicarb soda with 1.5 tablespoons water and add to the golden syrup mixture. 
• It will bubble whilst you are stirring together so remove from the heat. 
• Pour into the dry ingredients and mix together until fully combined. 
• Roll tablespoonfuls of mixture into balls and place on baking trays lined with non stick baking paper, pressing down on the tops to flatten slightly. 
• Bake for 12 minutes or until golden brown.

Dan made these wonderful cookies for Mother's Day and gave me a few. I feel very left out of the world as I don't get to celebrate anything important whilst over in Australia except for my 21st for 48 hours on planes. So, I stole the recipe from him. They are delicious if you dip them in coffee.

A brief history of the cookies (according to Dan) is that they are actually celebration cookies of Anzac Day. Soldiers receive a dozen cookies from the government if they returned from any war. I laughed as a dozen cookies isn't what you think you would get if you return from a war.

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