Anzac Cookies!

Everyone in Australia last weekend enjoyed a long weekend! It was ANZAC day (25 April)! So being occassional, I decided to make a couple of batches of these lovely golden syrup oat biscuits! It is honestly one of the easiest cookies ever to bake! Just mix with a wooden spoon! I followed the following recipe very closely but you could probably lower the sugar a little if you dont like the traditional anzac biscuit sweetness!

Ingredients
1 cup plain flour
1 cup rolled oats
1 cup desiccated coconut
3/4 cup brown sugar
125g butter, chopped
2 tablespoons golden syrup
1 teaspoon bicarbonate of soda

Method
Preheat oven to 180°C. Line 2 baking trays with non-stick baking paper. Sift flour into a large bowl. Stir in oats, coconut and sugar.

Place butter and golden syrup in a small saucepan over medium-low heat. Stir until melted. Remove from heat. Combine bicarbonate of soda and 2 tablespoons water in a small bowl. Stir into golden syrup mixture (mixture might become frothy). Add immediately to flour mixture and stir until well combined.

Roll mixture into balls (size depending how big you want it to be! I wanted mine small and thin, so basically about a teaspoon of mixture!).

Place biscuits on each baking tray. Flatten accordingly, allowing room for biscuits to spread.

Bake for 10 to 12 minutes, or until biscuits are golden.

Allow biscuits to cool completely on trays. Serve.

Notes & tips
You can store Anzac biscuits in an airtight container for up to 3 days.
These are crisp Anzac biscuits. If you prefer them chewy, flatten biscuits to 10cm (diameter) rounds and reduce cooking time by 1 to 2 minutes.

(Recipe taken from http://www.taste.com.au/)

A golden mass of yummy golden syrup, butter, oats and flour!!!

It is perfect eaten with a cup of tea or coffee! :) Hope you had a lovely long weekend! :)