Australian Shortbread

2 cups rolled oats, 1 cup sugar, 1 small cup coconut, 1 tsp. baking powder, 1/4 lb butter, few almonds (if liked), 1 tbsp. golden syrup.

Mix dry ingredients together, add butter (melted) and golden syrup (just warm). Press into flat dish, cut in squares when nearly cold. Cook until golden brown, about 15 mins.

Source: contributed by Mrs. C. F. Schulze in Urania Methodist Guild Jubilee Cookery Book (Kadina/Moonta: The South Australian Farmer Print, 1963), p.67.

Anzac Biscuits

One cup sugar, 1 cup cocoanut chips, 1 cup rolled oats, 1 cup S.R. flour. Put 2 tablespoons water, 1 tablespoon golden syrup, and 2 ozs butter in a saucepan and bring to boil. Then add 1/2 teaspoon baking soda. Pour over the dry ingredients while hot (care must be taken that it doesn't boil over), put teaspoonful of the mixture on greased slides and bake in slow oven 20 to 30 minutes.

Source: contributed by A. Heidenreich in The Barossa Cookery Book: 1000 Selected Recipes from a District Celebrated Throughout Australia for the Excellence of its Cookery. Every Recipe of Proved Merit and Signed as such by the Donors (33rd edition, 2006), p.54.

Anzac Crisps

1&1/2 cups SR flour
1&1/2 cups coconut
1&1/2 cups sugar
1&1/2 cups rolled oats
1 egg
6 ozs margarine
1&1/2 tablespoons golden syrup
3 tablespoons boiling water
1&1/2 small level teaspoons carb soda
1 cup sultanas

Method: Melt margarine, golden syrup. Dissolve carb soda in water. Mix dry ingredients and add remainder of ingredients. Bake 375°F (190°C) for 15 minutes.

Source: contributed by Penny von Doussa in Penneshaw Area School: Culinary Creations (Penneshaw Area School Welfare Club, Kangaroo Island: 1998), p.89.

Porridge Biscuits

1 cup rolled oats
1 cup sugar
1 cup coconut
1 cup SR flour
1 rounded tablespoon golden syrup
125g butter
1 egg

Method: Melt butter and syrup. Add dry ingredients and egg. Mix well, spread into greased lamington tin. Slow oven 15 minutes until golden brown. Cut into squares while warm. Remove when cold.

Source: contributed by Joan Jenkins in Penneshaw Area School: Culinary Creations (Penneshaw Area School Welfare Club, Kangaroo Island: 1998), p.90.