Anzac biscuits

4.63 from 129 votes

An easy Anzac biscuits recipe, A classic in New Zealand and Australia, a chewy oatmeal cookie perfect to make on Anzac day, or anytime during the year

Prep Time10

Cook Time10

Total Time20

Course: Baking

Cuisine: New Zealand

Keyword: Anzac biscuit recipe, Anzac biscuits, Anzac Day, Australia, Easy Oatmeal Cookie, New Zealand

Servings: biscuits

Calories: 65kcal

Author: Stacey

Ingredients

½ Cup flour
½ Cup desiccated coconut
¾ Cup rolled oats
¼ Cup sugar
50 g butter
1 tablespoon golden syrup
½ teaspoon baking soda
2 tablespoon water

Instructions

Watch the short recipe video, it was something I put together showing my then 2 year old son making these biscuits. A few small things have changed in the recipe that is now published but the video is still a very good guide, and super cute!
Put the first 4 dry ingredients in a mixing bowl, stir
Melt the butter, this can be done in the microwave, low power to avoid splashing.
Add the golden syrup to the melted butter and stir
Dissolve the baking soda in the water then add this to the butter syrup mix, kids will love watching the butter and syrup foam
Add the butter mix to the dry ingredients and stir
Roll into small teaspoon-sized balls and place onto a baking paper-lined tray
Very gently squish the balls with a fork (a great kids job)
Bake at 180 degrees celsius for around 8-10 mins until lightly golden but still soft in the middle
Lick the spoon

Video

Notes

Check the Anzac Biscuits regularly when they are baking, they can go from lightly golden to overcooked quite quickly.
If you find the Anzac biscuit dough a little sticky, dampen your hands, and the for/spoon this will stop the batter from sticking to you.

Ingredient Notes and Substitutions

Rolled oats: You can use either traditional rolled oats or quick cook oats.
Flour: This recipe will work with gluten-free flour.
Butter: This recipe will work with coconut oil or a full fat
Sugar: You can substitute white sugar with caster sugar or brown sugar.
Golden syrup: You can use maple syrup as an alternative. You may need less water as it is a thinner syrup.

This recipe makes. a soft chewy Anzac Biscuit. If you want a crunchy Anzac biscuit you just need to make 3 tweaks to this recipe up the butter by 10g so you have 60g in total, up the sugar to one-third of a cup and cook the biscuit for slightly longer.

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