Anzac biscuit

ANZAC biscuit
Alternative namesANZAC bikkies, Anzac slice[1]
TypeBiscuit
Associated cuisineAustralia, New Zealand
Main ingredientsRolled oats, flour, desiccated coconut, sugar, butter, golden syrup

The Anzac biscuit is a sweet biscuit, popular in Australia and New Zealand, made using rolled oats, flour, sugar, butter (or margarine), golden syrup, baking soda, boiling water and optionally desiccated coconut.[2][3] Anzac biscuits have long been associated with the Australian and New Zealand Army Corps (ANZAC) established in World War I.[4]

It is thought that these biscuits were sent by wives and women's groups to soldiers abroad because the ingredients do not spoil easily and the biscuits kept well during naval transportation.[5][6]

Anzac biscuits should not be confused with hardtack, which was nicknamed "ANZAC wafers" in Australia and New Zealand.[7]

Anzac biscuits are an explicit exemption to an Australian ban on commercial goods that use the term "Anzac", so long as they are sold as "biscuits" and not "cookies".

  1. ^ Cite error: The named reference anzacbiscuitrecipe-dva was invoked but never defined (see the help page).
  2. ^ "ANZAC biscuit recipes". Australian War Memorial website. Retrieved 24 April 2019.
  3. ^ nicola (12 April 2011). "Origins Of The ANZAC Biscuit". National Army Museum. Retrieved 14 July 2022.
  4. ^ "Blundells Bikkies". National Capital Authority. Australian Government. Retrieved 25 April 2024.
  5. ^ ANZAC Biscuits, archived from the original on 6 February 2005, retrieved 26 July 2017
  6. ^ "ANZAC Biscuits The history & recipe". Digger History website. Retrieved 4 October 2019.
  7. ^ "ANZAC biscuit recipes". Australian War Memorial website. Archived from the original on 28 April 2012. Retrieved 17 August 2011.

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