Authentic Anzac Biscuits Recipe From The Horses Mouth
April 23rd 2012 12:44
It is very similar to the recipe by ANZAC veteran Bob Lawson on the Australian War Memorial website. A recipe for 'Anzac Crispies', without coconut, appears in the Presbyterian Women’s Missionary Union Cookery Book, which was first published in 1904 and revised in 1973.
As the term ANZAC was not coined until the formation of the Australian and New Zealand Army Corp in 1914, the name 'ANZAC Crispies' in the PWMU Cookery Book must be a revision. These recipes are probably all based on the ancient Scottish recipe for oat cakes, as Scots and descendants of Scots served in the A.N.Z.A.C.
Ingredients
150g (5oz) Plain flour
150g (5oz) Rolled oats
150g (5oz) Desiccated coconut
150g (5oz) Brown sugar
120g (4oz) Butter
90ml (3 fl oz) Treacle
30ml (1 fl oz) Hot water
1 tsp Bicarbonate soda
Method
Combine the flour, oats, coconut and sugar in a bowl.
Melt the butter and add the treacle or golden syrup.
Dissolve the bicarbonate soda in the water and add it to the butter.
Make a bay in the dry ingredients and add the liquids.
Mix into a moist dough.
Scoop a tablespoon of the dough into a flattened ball.
Repeat the process, placing biscuits onto a greased tray.
Bake at 170°c for about 15 minutes.
Serve with tea.
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Comment by James Rickard
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Comment by GlenB
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The Scottish warriors used to each carry a bag of oats.At the end of a march they would moisten a ball and cook it on a metal plate. That's how they outmarched the British.
Thanks for the comment.