Anzac biscuits with coconut

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Ingredients

• 125g unsalted butter
• 1 tablespoon golden syrup
• 1 cup plain flour
• 1 cup coconut
• 1 cup sugar
• 1 cup rolled oats
• 2 teaspoons bicarbonate of soda
• 2 tablespoons boiling water

Method

Preheat oven to 180C. Line 3 trays with baking paper.

Place flour, coconut, sugar and rolled oats in a large bowl.

Melt butter and golden syrup in a small saucepan (dont burn!), then add bicarb and water.

Fizz! Stir butter-foam into dry ingredients and mix well.

Roll a heaped teaspoonful into small balls and place on trays.

Leave about 3cm between them. Bake for 10-15 minutes.

Cool slightly before lifting off with a spatula to cool on wire racks.

Notes:

• In my oven (new fan force switch, hooray!) half the biscuits were, ahem, overdone at 10 minutes. Check frequently!
• They should spread and flatten nicely. If they are a bit puffy, remove them from oven, squash with spatula and return to oven to finish cooking (a nifty trick from my auntie).
• Recipe created by Melissa Hughes for Kidspot.

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