On 4/23/2010 10:52 AM, J. Clarke wrote:
> On 4/21/2010 11:36 PM, zxcvbob wrote:
>> On 4/21/2010 9:55 PM, Brian Anasta wrote:
>>> Hi Folks,
>>>
>>> For those of you on the board who reside Down Under (Australia& NZ)
>>> as you would all be aware, this coming Sunday is ANZAC Day. Now I am
>>> able to just purchase a box of Anzac Cookies in the local supermarket,
>>> but I thought this year I would go to more of an effort and try and
>>> make my own at home. I am BY no means a great baker, so I am looking
>>> for a fail-proof recipe that will give me cookies which are crunchy on
>>> the outside, yet soft and moist on the inside.
>>>
>>> If anyone out there has a simple yet yummy Anzacs recipe, could you
>>> please share it here?!
>>>
>>> Kind Regards and thank you in advance,
>>> Brian
>>
>>
>> It's an oatmeal cookie with coconut, flavored with Lyle's Golden Syrup,
>> or an equivalent extra-light colored molasses. And I don't think they
>> have any baking soda or other leavening. I had a recipe, but I can't
>> find it. I'll see if I can find one that looks right.
>>
>> Bob
>
> FWIW, I have in my hand an 11 ounce bottle of Lyle's Golden Syrup,
> purchased at Stop & Shop in Enfield, CT, today, for the lordly sum of
> $3.99. It in the baking aisle right next to the Karo Light. The only
> ingredient listed is "cane sugar syrup", nothing else. It's also marked
> "do not refrigerate". The flavor is about what one would expect, much of
> a muchness with the better grades of non-maple pancake syrup of my
> pre-high-fructose-corn-syrup youth, which is to say that it's pretty
> good and today even a little bit exotic.
>
> And the oven is warming for ANZAC cookies.

Used King Arthur all purpose flour and probably because of the high
gluten content (or possibly to the smaller size of the US tablespoon)
they made up on the dry side using the "Aussie Slang" recipe--not sure
how much extra water I ended up adding. Next time I'm going to double
up on the golden syrup and butter and maybe they'll need less water added.