Jason King
AmyHuangMy 8yr Old Buddy's Recipe for Anzac Biscuits
April 16th 2010 08:25
My 8yr Old Buddy's Recipe for Anzac Biscuits
Finn, my 8yr old neighbor and good friend is not just an exceptional sport's star playing for numerous older teams in various sports and a sensational artist. He is also a very cool cook and last weekend he was my Masterchef and provided me with a MasterClass on how to make Anzac Biscuits. I am pretty sure his cooking is going to turn him into a Fatty Boomba and rule out sport in a few years though
He hates me calling him that and recently drew a picture of me so fat it included his sister, my cat, his dog and a variety of other "farting" creatures in my stomach because I had eaten them all.
For non Australians ANZAC stands for Australia and New Zealand Army Corp and became well known during WW1 and especially Gallipoli where we lost many many lives unnecessarily. We celebrate what these brave souls did for us on the 25th of April every year, this is known as ANZAC day.
During WW1, the wives, mothers and girlfriends of Australian soldiers were concerned for the nutritional value of the food being supplied to their men. Any food they sent to the fighting men had to be carried in the ships, so any food sent had to be able to remain edible for periods in excess of two months. A body of women came up with the answer - a biscuit with all the nutritional value possible. The ingredients they used were rolled oats, sugar, plain flour, coconut, butter, golden syrup or treacle, bi-carbonate of soda and boiling water. All of these items did not readily spoil.
At first the biscuits were known as Soldier's Biscuits, but after the landing at Gallipoli, they were renamed ANZAC Biscuits.
Special thanks to the uber Fatty Boomba Finn, our very delicate and eager assistant Stellabella and the amazing hostest with the mostest Karin. You guys rock.
This should make 24 decent sized biscuits. You do want them a bit chewy and not crispy and remember they will cook a bit more while cooling on the tray so don't leave them in the oven until hard or you will end up with circular bricks
YOU WILL NEED:
* 1 cup of rolled oats
* 1/2 cup of plain flour
* 1/2 cup of self raising flour
* 1 cup of sugar - we used the low GI raw sugar
* 3/4 cup of desicated coconut
* 125gms butter
* 2 TBLSP of golden syrup or treacle
* 1/2 tsp of bicarbonate soda
* 2TBLSP of boiling water
YOU WILL NEED TO:
1) Combine all the dry ingredients (oats, flour, SR flour, sugar and coconut) - stir/ mix them up so well combined
2) Melt butter and golden syrup together in a saucepan
3) In a cup combine bicar soda and boiling water
4) Add all the wet ingredients to the dry ingredients and mix/ stir well - (Stella was awesome at this)
5) Take teaspoons of the mixture and place on a greased tray (greaseproof paper also does well) - ensure you place evenly and allow room for spreading - we used two trays and had 12 on each
6) Cook in a slow oven for about 20min (we did 150degrees for 22min)
7) Let them cool and eat with a glass of milk - YYYYYYYYUUUUUUUUUUUMMMMMMMMMM
Nice work Finn!! Thanks Buddy!!
And remember to spend a moment thinking of what the ANZACs did for us on Anzac Day - Lest We Forget.
Finn, my 8yr old neighbor and good friend is not just an exceptional sport's star playing for numerous older teams in various sports and a sensational artist. He is also a very cool cook and last weekend he was my Masterchef and provided me with a MasterClass on how to make Anzac Biscuits. I am pretty sure his cooking is going to turn him into a Fatty Boomba and rule out sport in a few years though
He hates me calling him that and recently drew a picture of me so fat it included his sister, my cat, his dog and a variety of other "farting" creatures in my stomach because I had eaten them all.
Original Artwork By Finn Nixon Tomko
For non Australians ANZAC stands for Australia and New Zealand Army Corp and became well known during WW1 and especially Gallipoli where we lost many many lives unnecessarily. We celebrate what these brave souls did for us on the 25th of April every year, this is known as ANZAC day.
During WW1, the wives, mothers and girlfriends of Australian soldiers were concerned for the nutritional value of the food being supplied to their men. Any food they sent to the fighting men had to be carried in the ships, so any food sent had to be able to remain edible for periods in excess of two months. A body of women came up with the answer - a biscuit with all the nutritional value possible. The ingredients they used were rolled oats, sugar, plain flour, coconut, butter, golden syrup or treacle, bi-carbonate of soda and boiling water. All of these items did not readily spoil.
At first the biscuits were known as Soldier's Biscuits, but after the landing at Gallipoli, they were renamed ANZAC Biscuits.
Special thanks to the uber Fatty Boomba Finn, our very delicate and eager assistant Stellabella and the amazing hostest with the mostest Karin. You guys rock.
This should make 24 decent sized biscuits. You do want them a bit chewy and not crispy and remember they will cook a bit more while cooling on the tray so don't leave them in the oven until hard or you will end up with circular bricks
YOU WILL NEED:
* 1 cup of rolled oats
* 1/2 cup of plain flour
* 1/2 cup of self raising flour
* 1 cup of sugar - we used the low GI raw sugar
* 3/4 cup of desicated coconut
* 125gms butter
* 2 TBLSP of golden syrup or treacle
* 1/2 tsp of bicarbonate soda
* 2TBLSP of boiling water
YOU WILL NEED TO:
1) Combine all the dry ingredients (oats, flour, SR flour, sugar and coconut) - stir/ mix them up so well combined
2) Melt butter and golden syrup together in a saucepan
3) In a cup combine bicar soda and boiling water
4) Add all the wet ingredients to the dry ingredients and mix/ stir well - (Stella was awesome at this)
5) Take teaspoons of the mixture and place on a greased tray (greaseproof paper also does well) - ensure you place evenly and allow room for spreading - we used two trays and had 12 on each
6) Cook in a slow oven for about 20min (we did 150degrees for 22min)
7) Let them cool and eat with a glass of milk - YYYYYYYYUUUUUUUUUUUMMMMMMMMMM
Nice work Finn!! Thanks Buddy!!
This hang's above their kitchen and I LOVE IT!!!
And remember to spend a moment thinking of what the ANZACs did for us on Anzac Day - Lest We Forget.
| 41 |
| Vote |
Add To: 
subscribe to this blog
