Name: Anzac biscuits
Total time: 40 min
Yield: Makes 15
Cuisine: Australian
Ingredients: 150g unsalted butter; 100g golden caster sugar; 50g golden syrup; 1tsp bicarbonate of soda; 100g desiccated coconut; 100g plain flour; 100g oats

Oaty biscuits on a wire cooling rack next to a small white plate and cup of tea with a grey stone background

150g unsalted butter
100g golden caster sugar
50g golden syrup
1tsp bicarbonate of soda
100g desiccated coconut
100g plain flour
100g oats

Method

step 1
Line a large baking sheet, or two medium baking sheets, with baking parchment. Heat the oven to 180C/fan 160C/gas 4.
step 2
Melt the butter, sugar and syrup together in a pan. Mix the bicarb with 2 tbsp boiling water, and stir into the sugar and butter mixture. Remove from the heat, then stir in the remaining ingredients with a pinch of salt, to make a stiff dough.
step 3
Using two spoons, put heaped tablespoons of the mixture onto the prepared tray, well spaced apart as they'll spread quite a lot.
step 4
Bake for 8-10 minutes until golden brown and crisp – 8 minutes for chewy biscuits and 10 minutes for crisper biscuits with a slight snap. Leave to cool on the trays until they firm up.