Baking Day

 Baking Day

Another fun day in the magnificent blue bubble. Today we did baking with Ms Caroline. We all got to wear aprons too. We felt pretty special. We split into two groups and we made two batches of ANZAC biscuits. One had cinnamon in it and the other was just normal. Below are some photos and if you want to know the recipe we used so you can make your own scroll to the bottom. 

Ingredients:

1 cup plain flour

1 cup desiccated coconut

1 cup rolled oats

100g butter

1 cup white sugar

1 tablespoon golden syrup (or honey)

1 teaspoon baking soda

2 tablespoons boiling water

Optional ingredient - 1 1/2 teaspoons ground cinnamon

Equipment needed:

Oven

Baking tray (lined with baking paper or greased to prevent biscuits sticking to tray)

Mixing bowl, small bowl

Sieve (optional)

Cup measures

Tablespoon, teaspoon, wooden spoon, fork

Small saucepan

Wire Rack

Method:

1. Preheat the oven to 180°C conventional oven/160°C fan oven

2. Line 2 baking trays with baking paper or grease them lightly with butter

3. Sift the flour into the mixing bowl, add the coconut and oats (add cinnamon at this stage if using). Put bowl to one side

4. Add the butter, golden syrup and sugar to a small saucepan and stir over a low heat until melted and the ingredients are combined. Ensure that the mixture does not simmer or boil. Remove from the heat

5. In a small bowl place 1tsp baking soda and add 2 tbsp boiling water, stir to dissolve. Add this to the butter mixture in the saucepan and stir to combine

6. Then add all the wet ingredients from the saucepan to the dry ingredients in the mixing bowl.

7. Using a wooden spoon stir well until all ingredients are combined

8. Place tablespoons of mixture onto the baking tray and flatten with a fork, or for more uniform shaped biscuits roll into small balls and then place on the tray flattening with a fork. Place biscuits about 4cm apart to allow space for the biscuits to spread slightly

9. Bake in the oven for 10-15 minutes until golden. 10 minutes the biscuit may still be chewy in the centre and after 15 minutes the biscuit will be crunchier!

10. Remove from the oven and allow to cool slightly before transferring to a wire rack to cool fully.

11. Once cool, place biscuits in a container and they will keep for up to a week (no chance in my house once the kids find them!)