Wednesday, April 1, 2015

Anzac Biscuits

Anzac Biscuits owes its name to two armies: the New Zealand and Australian. Legend says that when the soldiers of these countries were leaving for the front during the First World War, their mothers, wives, sisters baked them biscuits. Biscuits played a dual role, had to be nutritious and survive for a long time, and they were.
In every legend is a bit of truth, which is why in 1916, the name
ANZAC came to be officially protected by law and reserved only for those biscuits. In 1921, the Anzac biscuit recipe appeared in the cookbook for the first time.My version is only slightly changed, descended golden syrup with honey, wheat flour - with spelt flour, wheat bran with spelt bran. Additionally, I added coconut and almonds.
The biscuits are very tasty, is good to have them always at home for
unexpected guests.

Ingredients for approx. 30 biscuits:

250 g spelt flour 

200 g spelt bran 
70 g shredded coconut, organic 
70 g almonds with skin, crushed 
5 tablespoons butter of your choice (e.g. regular, cashew nuts, almond) 
4 tbsp of honey, heaped, organic 
2 tsp vanilla paste, organic 
2 tbsp hot water
Pinch of baking soda

Additionally


Wafers (optional)

Direction: 

Melt the butter, honey, and vanilla in a pot on low heat. Take it form heat and add bran, flour, coconut and almonds. Dissolve soda in water and add to the rest. Mix well. Cover and leave for 30 minutes to allow the dough "rest". Then, take the dough with a spoon and form rings placing on a baking sheet. If you are using wafers, place the dough on them.Put into preheated to 150°C/300°F oven and bake for 35 minutes. Ready.

Recipe inspired by "the healthy chef"