Anzac Day

Today is Anzac day. On this proud day of rememberence, it seemed only right to make Anzac biscuits - or similar. They were traditionally one of the food items baked at home to send to the soldiers overseas as they kept well for the long journey.

I recently came across this recipe for Anzac Slice - it uses all the same ingredients as the biscuits - flour, oats, coconut, golden syrup - but the quantities vary slightly to produce a tray bake.

Anzac Slice

1 cup sugar
1½ cups flour
1½ rolled oats
1½ dessicated coconut
150g margarine
1/3 cup golden syrup
1½ tbsp boiling water
1 tsp baking soda

Preheat oven to 175 C. Line a Brownie tin with baking paper.
Mix the dry ingredients together.
Heat the syrup and margarine together until melted and smooth.
Add baking soda to the boiling water, Take the syrup mixture off the heat, and add the soda mixture. It will froth up quite a bit!

Add the wet mixture to the dry. If you have a food mixer, the result of the slice is bizarely soooo much better than mixing by hand. I first made this recipe, and just mixed by hand. The end result was nice, but a bit tough. When The Husband made it another time using the mixer, the result was devine! Chewy, fudgy, moist and yummy.

Transfer the mixture to the brownie tin, and bake for 20 minutes. Remove from the oven, and place on a rack to cool. Cut into square when cold.