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- From: ianst@qdpii.ind.dpi.qld.gov.au (Ian Staples)
- Subject: Anzac Biscuits
- Message-ID: <9404231209.AA27035@dpi-gw.dpi.qld.gov.au>
- Date: Sat, 23 Apr 94 22:02:29 +1000
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- This coming Monday (25 April 94) Australia and New Zealand commemorate
- their war dead on Anzac Day (Australian & New Zealand Army Corps, which
- were among the first soldiers ashore in the battle at Gallipoli in 1915
- during World War I - a 9-month campaign with grievous losses). This day
- has become our most important national day of remembrance.
-
- Scottish oatmeal biscuits were cooked at home during WWI and sent to the
- soldiers fighting overseas. After the war, these oat-based biscuits were
- named Anzac Biscuits when they were made and sold as fund-raisers for
- returned soldiers.
-
- The following recipe was published in _The Cairns Post_ 20 April 1994.
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- Anzac Biscuits ("Anzacs")
-
- Ingredients (makes about 24):
-
- 1 c rolled oats
- 3/4 c desiccated coconut
- 1 c plain flour
- 1 c sugar
- 125 g margarine [Hmm... Why not butter? Think I'd use butter.]
- 1 T golden syrup
- 1 1/2 t bicarbonate of soda
- 2 T boiling water.
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- Method:
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- Mix oats, flour, sugar and coconut.
- Melt syrup and margarine [butter!] together in a small saucepan.
- Mix soda with boiling water and add to the syrup and margarine mix.
- Add dry ingredients and mix thoroughly.
-
- Place globs (about 1 T each) of the mix onto greased trays, allowing
- room for spreading while cooking.
-
- Cook for about 30 minutes at 150 degrees Celsius [about 300 F]
- Cool completely on racks before storing any you might have left :-)
-
- Cheers, Ian S.
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