Chewy Anzac Biscuits

Ingredients

• 120g butter
• 40ml golden syrup
• 90g rolled oats
• 80g dessicated coconut
• 150g plain flour
• 110g caster sugar
• 50g soft brown sugar
• 1 tsp baking powder
• 40ml boiling water

Method

1. Preheat the oven to 160 degrees Celsius/320 degrees Fahrenheit/Gas mark 3.
2. Heat a pan on medium heat and add in the butter and golden syrup, stirring regularly until the butter has melted. Once the butter has melted, pour in your boiling water and stir.
3. In a large bowl, mix your oats, sugar, flour, desiccated coconut and baking powder together. Then slowly pour in you butter mixture, stirring the mixture as you go.
4. Once all of the butter mixture has been incorporated and your biscuit mixture is moist, You need to roll the mixture into 12-16 balls.
5. Put a sheet of baking paper down on your baking tray and add half of the balls to your tray. Flatten the balls slightly with the back of the spoon, and then place the tray in the oven.
6. Cook the biscuits for 8-10 minutes; remove from the oven and leave to cool. Whilst they are cooling you can add your second batch to the oven.