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Anzac biscuits - Chewy & Crunchy Recipe

These oat biscuits are a popular Australian & New Zealand recipe that is a yummy treat to make and has a long shelf life. These Anzac biscuits are very easy to mix and bake with a chewy and crispy texture in every bite.
Prep Time 10 minutes
Cook Time 9 minutes
Course biscuit, Brunch, cookie, Finger food, High Tea, Sweet tooth, tea time
Cuisine Austria, New Zealand
Servings 13 cookies

Equipment

  • Sauce pot
  • Mixing bowl
  • Rubber spatula
  • Ice cream scoop
  • Baking tray
  • Baking paper
  • Metal spatula

Ingredients
  

  • 120 gm brown butter
  • 100 gm rolled oats
  • 150 gm flour
  • 80 gm desiccated coconut
  • 65 gm granulated sugar
  • 65 gm brown sugar
  • 112 gm golden syrup
  • 30 ml boiling water
  • 1 tsp cinnamon powder
  • 1 tsp vanilla extract
  • Pinch of almond extract
  • 1/4 tsp salt

Instructions
 

  • Preheat the oven to 180℃, if you have a gas oven you can bake them at 160℃, line a baking tray with baking paper and set aside.
  • In sauce pot add the butter and allow it to brown over the heat. At first it will melt and then bubble, the top with get foamy and you will begin to smell a nutty flavor.
  • Once the bottom has light to medium brown specs, take off the heat and add the golden syrup, boiling water.
  • Place it back on the heat and let it boil together until bubbling.
  • Add the baking soda and it will bubble up, pour into a large mixing bowl.
  • Add the flour, rolled oats, desiccated coconut, cinnamon, brown sugar, granulated sugar, salt.
  • Stir together using a rubber spatula. Add the vanilla and almond extract and mix until well combined.
  • Using an ice cream scoop portion out the dough and flatten them with the back of a cup/glass. I baked 6 biscuits on a tray at a time as they spread while baking. Depending on how large your oven is, bake as many as you can.
  • Bake for 9 minutes in total but I like to rotate the tray half way through the baking to ensure they all get evenly colored and baked. They will be golden on the top, puffed a little and they will have spread once baked.
  • I like to press them down and circle them around a round cup to get that perfect round shape. If you want more crispy biscuits bake them longer up till 15 minutes. I prefer them chewy and fudgy.
  • Using a metal spatula remove the cookies from the baking tray and transfer to a wire rack to cool completely. They will firm up as they cool down.

Notes

  • You don’t need to brown the. Butter you can use melted butter as well. But the brown butter is so much better flavor wise.
  • The longer you bake them the harder and crispier they will get.
  • Store them in an air tight jar once cooled completely.