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Anzac Biscuits ( " Anzacs " )

 

Recipe By :The Cairns Post, 20 April 1994

Serving Size : 24 Preparation Time :0:00

Categories : Cookies

 

Amount Measure Ingredient -- Preparation Method

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1 cup rolled oats

3/4 cup desiccated coconut

1 cup plain flour

1 cup sugar

1/4 pound margarine or butter

1 Tablespoon golden syrup

1 1/2 Teaspoon baking soda

2 Tablespoon boiling water

 

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.

 

Source:

" ianst (Ian Staples) "

 

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Per serving: 109 Calories (kcal); 5g Total Fat; (39% calories from fat); 1g

Protein; 16g Carbohydrate; 10mg Cholesterol; 120mg Sodium

Food Exchanges: 1/2 Grain(Starch); 0 Lean Meat; 0 Vegetable; 0 Fruit; 1 Fat; 1/2

Other Carbohydrates

 

NOTES : NOTES : On April 25th, 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. 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.

 

Nutr. Assoc. : 0 4923 14 0 0 428 0 0

 

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