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| Alternative names | ANZAC bikkies, Anzac slice[1] |
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| Type | Biscuit |
| Associated cuisine | Australia, New Zealand |
| Main ingredients | Rolled oats, flour, desiccated coconut, sugar, butter, golden syrup |
The Anzac biscuit is a sweet biscuit, popular in Australia and New Zealand, made using rolled oats, flour, sugar, butter (or margarine), golden syrup, baking soda, boiling water and optionally desiccated coconut.[2][3] Anzac biscuits have long been associated with the Australian and New Zealand Army Corps (ANZAC) established in World War I.[4]
It is thought that these biscuits were sent by wives and women's groups to soldiers abroad because the ingredients do not spoil easily and the biscuits kept well during naval transportation.[5][6]
Anzac biscuits should not be confused with hardtack, which was nicknamed "ANZAC wafers" in Australia and New Zealand.[7]
Anzac biscuits are an explicit exemption to an Australian ban on commercial goods that use the term "Anzac", so long as they are sold as "biscuits" and not "cookies".
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- ^ nicola (12 April 2011). "Origins Of The ANZAC Biscuit". National Army Museum. Retrieved 14 July 2022.
- ^ "Blundells Bikkies". National Capital Authority. Australian Government. Retrieved 25 April 2024.
- ^ ANZAC Biscuits, archived from the original on 6 February 2005, retrieved 26 July 2017
- ^ "ANZAC Biscuits The history & recipe". Digger History website. Retrieved 4 October 2019.
- ^ "ANZAC biscuit recipes". Australian War Memorial website. Archived from the original on 28 April 2012. Retrieved 17 August 2011.