Chewy Anzac Biscuit Recipe
An Original Recipe by Lorraine Elliott
Preparation time: 15 minutes
Cooking time: 16 minutes
- 1 cup/150g/5ozs plain flour
- 1 cup/90g/3ozs. rolled oats
- 1/2 cup/50g/1.7ozs. desiccated coconut
- 3/4 cup/150g/5ozs. brown sugar
- 1/4 cup/55g caster sugar
- 3 tablespoons/60g/2.1flozs. hot water
- 2 tablespoons/40g/1.2ozs. golden syrup
- 2 teaspoons vanilla extract
- 1/2 teaspoon bi carb
- 1/2 teaspoon fine salt
- 135g/4.7ozs. browned butter*
To brown butter, place in a heavy based saucepan on medium high heat. When the butter starts bubbling and turning a darker colour and smelling nutty remove from heat. Strain to get rid of the milk solids and any burnt bits.
Step 1 - Preheat oven to 160C/320F and line 3 baking trays with parchment. Mix the flour, oats, coconut, brown sugar and caster sugar in a large bowl. Add the hot water to another bowl and then add golden syrup, vanilla, bicarb and salt and add melted butter and whisk.
Step 2 - Pour the wet ingredients into the dry and stir until combined. Make tablespoon amount (or use a 3/4oz ice cream scoop, not a regular sized ice cream scoop or you'll end up with enormous biscuits) to shape balls. Place about 6 to a tray an inch apart. If you've refrigerated your biscuit dough balls you can put 8 on a tray. Bake for 16 minutes. Important: cool these for 10 minutes on the tray as they will be very delicate when warm but harden up on cooling.
Crunchy Anzac Biscuit Recipe
An Original Recipe by Lorraine Elliott
Preparation time: 15 minutes (plus 1-2 hours chilling time)
Cooking time: 15 minutes
- 1 cup/150g/5ozs plain flour
- 1 cup/90g/3ozs. rolled oats
- 1/2 cup/50g/1.7ozs. desiccated coconut
- 1 cup/237g/8.4ozs. caster sugar
- 3 tablespoons/60g/2.1flozs. hot water
- 2 tablespoons/40g/1.2ozs. golden syrup
- 2 teaspoons vanilla extract
- 1/2 teaspoon/3g bi carb
- 1/2 teaspoon/3g fine salt
- 135g/4.7ozs. browned butter*
To brown butter, place in a heavy based saucepan on medium high heat. When the butter starts bubbling and turning a darker colour and smelling nutty remove from heat. Strain to get rid of the milk solids and any burnt bits.
Step 1 - Preheat oven to 180C/350F and line 3 baking trays with parchment. Mix the flour, oats, coconut and caster sugar in a large bowl. Add the hot water to another bowl and then add golden syrup, vanilla, bicarb and salt and add melted butter and whisk.
Step 2 - Pour the wet ingredients into the dry and stir until combined. Make tablespoon amount (or use a 3/4oz ice cream scoop, not a regular one) to shape balls. Refrigerate for 1-2 hours. Place about 6 cookie balls to a tray an inch apart. Bake for 15 minutes. Important: cool these for 10 minutes on the tray as they will be very delicate when warm but harden up on cooling.
Anzac Biscuit Ice Cream Sandwiches
Makes 8 ice cream sandwiches
- 16 Anzac biscuits (chewy or crunchy from above)
- 2x 500ml/1pint tubs vanilla ice cream
- 4 tablespoons/80g/2.4ozs. golden syrup
- 50g/1.7ozs. crystallised ginger, cut into small pieces
Step 1 - Soften the vanilla ice cream somewhat (10-15 minutes on the counter should do but don't let it become liquid) and stir through the golden syrup and ginger. Place back into the tubs and allow to freeze again.
Step 2 - Have a metal tray ready in the freezer. Use a palette knife to remove the ice cream from each tub. Slice into four slices for each tub. Use a biscuit cutter if you need to trim them down to fit the biscuits. Place these on the tray in the freezer to harden up again.
Step 3 - When ready, sandwich two Anzac biscuits with a slice of ice cream. These are best when the biscuits are crisp so I like to put these together just before serving.
Personal Note
Mr NQN is not a big biscuit or cookie fan but the only exception is for my Anzac biscuits. In fact I'd actually forgotten about how much he loves them so I gave most of them away to friends and I gave him a couple and he excitedly took them.
Another fan of these biscuits was little Mr Teddy Elliott. Now that we've been in confinement for over a month he is enjoyed having both of us around. I think Mr NQN finally realises that while Teddy is adorable, he is a still a puppy so you do need to keep your eye on him a lot. He loves to chew anything he can get his hands or mouth on.
The latest thing to go missing was a pair of ear plugs. I need earplugs to sleep and I had a pair sent from America. They're more expensive and hard to get so I only bought one pair. They're bright purple and attached by a long purple cord. However when I went to bed one night I looked for them and couldn't find them.
"Teddy!!!" I said turning around to see my fluffy boy looking as innocent as a lamb lying on his side in light slumber. He raised his head for a brief moment before setting it down again. Tiredly I got out of bed and looked everywhere for them-they weren't in his "apartment" i.e. crate or in any of his beds. Then I looked at the side of our bed and lo and behold, I found the cord that attached them.
"Teddy!! You naughty boy!" I cried holding the purple cord that was now missing the two earplugs.
The next day Mr NQN took Teddy out for his evening constitutional. He sent me a message about 30 minutes after they left. "I found one of your earplugs LOL!" he said in a much too delighted tone (you can probably guess where!). Teddy was probably thinking that if only I had given him a cookie he wouldn't have felt so peckish!
So tell me Dear Reader, are you a chewy or crunchy Anzac biscuit lover? Who is the naughtiest member of your household?