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Anzac Cookies

April 23, 2014 by Werona

April 25th is ANZAC Day. If you are from Australia or New Zealand, you know exactly what I’m talking about. ANZAC stands for Australia New Zealand Army Corps. Anzac Day is the equivalent of Memorial Day in the USA. It’s the day we commemorate those who have served and died in all wars, conflicts and peacekeeping operations.

Anzac Cookies

So, what do ANZAC cookies (or biscuits) have to do with ANZAC Day? Technically there is no connection between the cookies and the day, except the name. We do not traditionally eat ANZAC cookies on ANZAC day – they are eaten all year long. The name came about because during the 1st World War, the women at home wanted to send something to their menfolk on the war front. It needed to be something that would would not spoil during transportation. The omission of eggs helped these cookies stay fresh.

Anzac Cookies

These cookies are very easy to make. They are so easy that my eldest son is planning on using these for his 6th grade cooking demonstration for Food Sciences. All of the ingredients are placed in a bowl, mixed together and then rolled into balls.

Uncooked Anzacs

The cookies are then pressed down, using a floured fork and baked in the oven for 15 minutes. This is the time some complexity can occur. If you like soft cookies – you bake your cookies until they are just golden – which may be a minute or two less. If you are like my father, and like the cookies to be hard and crunchy, you might like to leave the cookies in for another minute. My oven does not cook evenly, so I just find that I can put one tray on the top rack and one on the middle rack. That way, one is soft and one is a little crunchy – meeting the cookies crunching desires of all my family!

Pressing Anzac Cookies into shape

This batch have just come out of the oven – they are my soft cookies. They are golden, but not too dark. They will become more crunchy as they cool, but as they are still a little pale they will retain some softness when you bite them – just how I like them.

Anzacs out of oven

From the history above, you can guess that these cookies are going to keep fresh for weeks! But I sincerely doubt you’ll have a chance to test that.

Aerial View of Anzac Cookies

 
These can easily be adapted to become gluten free – choose a gluten free all purpose flour blend, and Gluten Free Oats

Anzac Cookies
2014-04-22 23:58:32
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Ingredients
  1. ½ teaspoon baking soda
  2. 2 tablespoons boiling water
  3. 1 cup all-purpose flour
  4. 1 cup old fashioned rolled oats
  5. 1 cup sugar
  6. 1 cup coconut, unsweetened shredded
  7. 2 tablespoons golden syrup
  8. 4oz butter, melted
Instructions
  1. Preheat the oven to 350° F (180° C) and line a baking tray with parchment paper.
  2. In a large bowl, mix the baking soda with the boiling water, and stir until dissolved.
  3. Add the flour, rolled oats, sugar, coconut, golden syrup and melted butter to the large bowl.
  4. Using a tablespoon, scoop up a spoon of dough and roll the mixture into 1 inch balls. Place each ball on the parchment paper, with about 2 inches of space between each one. Flatten the balls with a floured fork.
  5. Bake in oven for 15 minutes or until golden.
  6. Remove the cookies from the oven, and allow them to cool on a cooling rack.
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Comments

  1. Mel Walsh says

    April 23, 2014 at 4:14 pm

    My vote is for chewy too!! Yum – had some yesterday at a work event – nice and chewy they were delicious. Tomorrow is ANZAC Day so I will wave this recipe in front of Emily and hopefully she’ll make me some! (I mean make us some) 🙂

  2. Mel Walsh says

    April 23, 2014 at 4:17 pm

    Also I have to invoke the “or biscuits” side of the blog. These are definitely ANZAC busicuits not cookies!! (from a biased Australian!)

    • Werona says

      April 23, 2014 at 10:46 pm

      I have to confess that I usually just say “ANZAC’S” as both ANZAC biscuits and ANZAC cookies sound wrong 🙂

  3. dina says

    April 24, 2014 at 6:29 am

    they look great!

    • Werona says

      April 24, 2014 at 7:56 am

      Thanks Dina 🙂

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