ANZAC Biscuits

This week Isabella and I created a document about Anzac biscuits. Isabella came over and that when we started creating.

Below the recipe is some facts and questions.

Ingredients

• 1/2 cup Plain Flour
• 1/3 cup Sugar
• 3/4 cup Rolled Oats
• ⅔ cup coconut (desiccated)        
• 50g Butter
• 1 Tbsp Golden Syrup
• 1/2 tsp Baking Soda
• 2 Tbsp Boiling Water

Directions

*Mix together flour, sugar, coconut, and rolled oats.

*Melt butter and golden syrup.

*Dissolve baking soda in the boiling water and add to butter and golden syrup.

*Stir butter mixture into the dry ingredients. Place level tablespoonful of mixture onto cold greased trays. Bake at 180'C for about 15min or until golden.

Makes 20.

Facts about ANZAC day:

• ANZAC stands for

       Australia

       New

       Zealand

       Army

       Corps.

• At first the biscuits were called Soldiers’ biscuits, but after the landing on Gallipoli, they were renamed ANZAC biscuits.

• The original ANZAC biscuit was known as an Anzac wafer or tile.
• Many soldiers ground these biscuits into a type of porridge to make them more palatable. 

Questions:

• Why were there ANZAC biscuits in the first place?
• How many people in the world make biscuits a celebrate ANZAC day?  
• How many people at war liked ANZAC biscuits?

By Annalise and Isabella