Anzac biscuits

Serving Size: 12 medium sized biscuits

Eaten when ever.
The Guides are fasinated at when they first see golden syrup and baking soda mixed together. A great method of 'accidental ' learning leading into why was cooking basicaly women's work. May be even into how volcano's and other 'light' chemical explosives work.How come there are so many different receipes for the same biscuit?

The cooking of these biscuits are used to encourage discussion on how and what A.N.Z.A.C. meant both then and now. The page on http://www.awm.gov.au/encyclopedia/anzac/biscuit/recipe.asp is about the Original A.N.Z.A.C. biscuit's history.

What did the ladies of the time do to assist there men folk. How did either the soldiers, the civialian's near the front or the wives and families survive during and after the First World War.

Is 'survival' any different now? Why is there no Peace yet. Has history been a waste?

So from one humble A.N.Z.A.C. recipe with these ingredients many paths can be taken.

• 2 cups of rolled oats
• 2 cups flour
• 2 cups coconut
• 1 1/2 cups sugar
• 250g butter
• 4 tablespoons golden syrup
• 1 teaspoon baking soda
• 2 tablespoons boiling water
Method:
Turn oven to 160'C. Lightly grease oven trays.
Put oats, flour, coconut, sugar in big mixing bowl. Melt butter and golden syrup in pan. Take off heat.
Mix baking soda and boiling water in a cup. Add to melted butter in the pan. Quickly add to big mixing bowl. Mix well.
Roll tablespoonful lots into balls. put on trays 5cm apart. Press lightly with fork.
Bake for 20 minutes, one tray at a time. Cool slightly and loosen off tray.