Name: It doesn’t get any more classic than this Anzac biscuit recipe
Prep time: 10 min
Cook time: 45 min
Total time: 55 min
Yield: 28
Ingredients: 1 cup plain flour; 2 cups rolled oats; ¾ cup white sugar; 125g butter, chopped; 2 Tbsp golden syrup; 2 Tbsp hot water; 1 tsp bicarbonate of soda

These chewy, oh so delicious Anzac biscuits are an Aussie classic. There’s no better way to have a cup of tea than with one of these…

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Ingredients

1 cup plain flour

2 cups rolled oats

¾ cup white sugar

125g butter, chopped

2 Tbsp golden syrup

2 Tbsp hot water

1 tsp bicarbonate of soda

Method

Preheat oven to 150°C. Line 4 oven trays with baking paper or try these silicone baking mats instead.

Put flour in a large bowl and stir in oats and sugar.

Combine butter, syrup and hot water in a small saucepan over a medium heat. Stir occasionally until butter has melted.

Stir bicarbonate of soda into syrup mixture and remove from heat.

Add warm syrup mixture to oat mixture.

Stir until well combined.

Shape tablespoons of the mixture into 28 balls.

Arrange balls on prepared trays about 8cm apart.

Press each ball lightly with your fingers to flatten slightly.

10.

Bake, in batches, for 18-20 minutes or until golden brown. Remove from oven and cool on trays. Serve.

What were in original Anzac biscuits?

These treats would often have to endure a lengthy journey (sometimes lasting several months), so it was important to select a recipe with ingredients that would not spoil easily.

Traditional Anzac biscuits were comprised of rolled oats, sugar, plain flour, coconut, butter, golden syrup or treacle, bi-carbonate of soda and boiling water. A recipe without eggs made the perfect candidate for the task – although they weren’t officially labelled Anzac biscuits until the 1920s.