Munchy Monday #24: Anzacs

Although comparatively speaking we do not eat many sweet foods, there are a number of things I do like baking for the family. One of those things are these biscuits, which disappear within hours of cooling!  The recipe is from an American cookbook and uses cups as a measure. If, like me, you don't have a standard cup measure, use a normal drinking glass. Make sure you use the same glass for all the ingredients, however. Makes 50 biscuits.

You will need:

1 cup oats
1 cup plain (all purpose) flour, sieved
1 cup sugar
150 g margarine
3/4 cup shredded coconut
2 tblsp. golden syrup
2 tblsp. boiling water
1 1/2 tsp. bicarbonate of soda

Method:

Mix oats, flour, sugar and coconut in a bowl. Gently melt together in a small pan the margarine and golden syrup. Dissolve the bicarb. of soda in the boiling water and add the solution to the margarine and syrup mix. Make a dip in the dry ingredients and add the syrup mixture. Stir well. Start warming the oven up to 150º C. Meanwhile, place teaspoon quantities of the mixture on a greased baking tray. Bake for 15 - 20 minutes or until golden. Remove biscuits from baking tray as quickly as possible and lay them on a cooling rack or clean tea towel. When cool, keep in air tight tin.

Special note: If you would like some with your mid morning cuppa the next day, you had better select a few and hide them under the bed.