ANZAC+Biscuits

= Making ANZAC Biscuits =

Why are ANZAC Biscuits associated with ANZAC Day? During World War 1, the wives, mothers and girlfriends of the Australian soldiers were worried about the food being given to their men to eat. But there was a problem. Any food they sent to the fighting men had to be sent on a Navy ship. This would take two months or more and there weren't any fridges back then like we have now. So any food sent had to be still good to eat after more than two months! A group of women came up with the answer. It was a biscuit with all the goodness possible. It was a recipe using rolled oats. The ingredients they used were: rolled oats, sugar, plain flour, coconut, butter, golden syrup or treacle, bi-carbonate of soda and boiling water. All of these things did not spoil or go bad quickly. At first the biscuits were called Soldiers' Biscuits, but after the ANZAC's landed on Gallipoli, they were renamed ANZAC Biscuits. In your group, print off the ANZAC Biscuits steps and arrange them in the correct order. Follow your steps to make ANZAC Biscuits.