Anzac biscuits

Method 7 steps

1. 1

   Mix the oats, flour, coconut, sugar and salt in a large bowl.

2. 2

   Melt the butter with the golden syrup over a low heat, without letting it boil.

3. 3

   Dissolve the bicarbonate in the boiling water and pour it straight into the butter mixture; it foams up.

4. 4

   Pour the foaming mixture into the dry ingredients and stir until even.

5. 5

   Roll walnut-sized balls and set them on a tray with generous gaps between them.

6. 6

   Flatten each ball with your palm to a centimetre thick; they spread further in the oven.

7. 7

   Bake at 160 °C for twelve to eighteen minutes and cool them on the tray rather than a rack.