On the 25th of April each year on Anzac Day, all of Australia honours and remembers our men and women who served and lost their lives in military and peacekeeping service. If you’re joining a Dawn Service, why not pack some Anzac biscuits to share at the gunfire breakfast or picnic afterwards. Or just make them to enjoy at home!
These hardtack army biscuits have been part not only of the Anzac tradition but also of every Aussie household, with Anzac biscuits recipes handed down from generation to generation in every family. Anzac biscuits are enjoyed all-year round, of course, but take on special meaning on Anzac Day. (They are quite popular for fundraisers, too!)
“They shall grow not old, as we that are left grow old;
Age shall not weary them, nor the years condemn.
At the going down of the sun and in the morning
We will remember them.”
This particular Anzac biscuits recipe came from one of our team members at Kitchen Warehouse North Lakes where they are serving these delicious biscuits today to commemorate Anzac Day.
Equipment
- Mixing bowls
- Measuring spoons and cups
- Small saucepan
- Silicone spatula
- Baking tray
- Silicone baking mat
- Cooling rack
Ingredients
- 1 cup rolled oats
- 1 cup plain flour, sifted
- 1 cup sugar
- ¾ cup dessicated coconut
- 125g butter
- 2 tbsp golden syrup
- ½ tsp bi-carb soda
- 1 Tbsp boiling water
Instructions
- Preheat your oven to 160C.
- Combine oats, flour, sugar, and coconut in a mixing bowl.
- Add the butter and golden syrup to a saucepan and stir over gentle heat until melted.
- Mix the bi-carb soda with the boiling water then add this to the butter mixture. Stir the mixture into the dry ingredients.
- Roll a tablespoon of mixture into a ball. Line your baking tray with a silicone baking mat or parchment paper. Place each ball on the tray, leaving enough space between balls to allow room for spreading.
- Cook in a slow oven for 20 minutes or until golden brown.
- Loosen while warm then transfer to cool on a cooling rack.
This recipe doesn’t add the butter in the ingredients – how much do I need?
Hi Frances, should be 125g. So sorry about that!
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There is no mention of the butter quantity in the ingredients.
Sorry about that, Sue! Have added 125g butter.
Step 3 of the instructions says to add the butter, however, butter is not in the list of ingredients .
Can you please advise how much butter to use.
Hi John, have just amended it to include 125g butter. Sorry about that!
Think you forgot to put Butter in the ingredients list, lol! Had to go back to my old faithful recipe.
Thanks for amending! Will try it out!
So quick! Thank you!
So sorry about that, Dianne! Amended the recipe and hope you can give it a try next time!
Delicious recipe, this will now be my go-to for Anzacs. Thank you!!
So happy you loved it, Dianne! Thank you!
Just to let you know that you have missed out the quantity of butter in your list of ingredients – it should be 125g of butter.
Cheers
Kath
You are right Kath! Thank you!
There is no butter in the ingredient list yet it says to melt the butter and golden syrup..
how much butter pls?
Hi Janet, it should be 125g butter. Sorry about that!
We are very sorry, butter was inadvertently omitted! It’s 125g butter. Thank you and hope you enjoy the recipe!
Awesome recipe! I make this dish every Saturday for my children because they like it very much.
Hi, Glad you and your kids enjoy making these biscuits. Happy baking!
I so loved the picture you posted at the beginning of the recipe. Thank you. I will print this recipe as a reminder of the lovely words we say each Anzac Day about those who went to fight and did not return. I hope Anzac Day will continue as a tradition and feel so sad for our soldiers today who take death by their own hand rather than live the life we offer them after their service.
Please let us not forget ANZAC is Australian & New Zealand. These biscuits were made by both
Great Recipe, my whole family loved them. Will most definitely be making them again. Thank you.
I’ve always had trouble with ANZAC biscuits spreading too much and ending up very flat. I tried this recipe this year and they were perfect. Thank you!