Golden Oatmeal Cookies Recipe (Anzac Biscuits) From Australia (7 Ingredients, 30 Minutes) Cookies Desserts Snacks Low Sodium Recipes

Oatmeal cookies lovers, it's time to step out of your box and try something new. Food is a wonderful way to do that and learn about other countries in the process. Let's start with a delicious, crunchy golden oatmeal cookie recipe from Australia.

An Anzac biscuit is a sweet, crunchy cookie that's popular in Australia and New Zealand. The key players in the biscuit are oats, coconut and golden syrup, which is a sweet amber syrup used for baking in the U.K. 

To make these oatmeal cookies you will need flour, rolled oats (read about the health benefits of oats), unsweetened shredded coconut, granulated sugar, butter, golden syrup (substitution provided in recipe below) and baking soda.

You will love this easy, delicious Australian oatmeal cookie for dessert, or as an anytime snack. Make a batch and invite the family over to watch the games!

Cuisine: Australian
Prep Time: 10 minutes
Cook Time: 20 minutes
Total Time: 25 minutes
Servings: 24 (approximately)

Ingredients

• 1 cup flour (or 1:1 gluten-free flour)
• 1 cup rolled oats
• 1 cup flaked unsweetened coconut
• 3/4 cup granulated sugar
• 10 tablespoons butter
• 4 tablespoons golden syrup OR 1 tablespoon molasses combined with 3 tablespoons honey or light corn syrup
• 1 teaspoon baking soda

Here's how to make it: 

1. Combine the flour, rolled oats and sugar in a bowl. Set aside.
2. In a saucepot, combine the butter and golden syrup or replacement. Cook on low until butter melts. Add the baking soda and stir. Turn off the heat.
3. Add the butter mixture to the flour. Stir until just combined. (You could add in some chopped nuts for even more crunch.)
4. Roll the dough into balls and place on a parchment paper-covered baking sheets. Flatten the cookies into rounds with your fingers.
5. Bake in a preheated 350-degree F oven for about 15 minutes or until golden brown. Remove to cool. Store the cookies in an airtight container to keep them fresh.

Recipe cooking times, nutritional information and servings are approximate and provided for your convenience. However, 30Seconds is not responsible for the outcome of any recipe, nor may you have the same results because of variations in ingredients, temperatures, altitude, errors, omissions or cooking/baking abilities. Any nutritional information is provided as a courtesy and it is up to the individual to ascertain accuracy. To ensure image quality, we may occasionally use stock photography.

Take 30 seconds and join the 30Seconds community, and follow us on Facebook to get recipes in your newsfeed daily. Food, fun, health, happiness.