Because the other recipe thread decided on having a theme to their recipes for a week, and because I could not honestly see 'Australian Cuisine' becoming a theme, I've decided to make my own thread.
List any recipes you have. Any at all, as long as they make something fit for human consumption at the end (e.g, no dwarven sugar roasts). It might also help to drop them into a spoiler tag with a title on it, for easy browsing.
[spoiler=title goes here][/spoiler]ANZAC biscuits are an Australian recipe. They were first made when concerned mothers, sisters, wives, etc. during the first world war wished to send their boys something nutritious and tasty to eat. Unfortunately, you couldn't send most things as the long distance meant they spoiled. Clever cooks came up with the solution of these biscuits. ANZAC is Australian and New Zealand Army Corps.
Ingredients
1 cup (150g) plain flour, 1 cup (90g) of rolled oats (you can substitute porridge oats), 1 cup (85g) dessicated or shredded coconut, 3/4 cup (155g) of brown sugar (or normal white sugar, but brown is better), 125g (roughly 4.4 oz) butter, 2 tablespoons of honey or golden syrup, 1 teaspoon of bicarbonate soda
Method
1. Preheat oven to 160°C (320°F). Line two (large!) baking trays with non-stick baking paper (or other non-stick stuff). Sift the flour into a large bowl (you can stir it with a spoon to get the same effect if you have no sifter). Stir in the oats, coconut and sugar.
2. Put the butter, honey/golden syrup and 2 tablespoons water into a small saucepan. Stir over a medium heat (just find the middle point of your burner, it doesn't matter terribly) until melted. Stir the bicarbonate soda in.
3. Pour this butter mixture into your flour mixture from earlier, and stir till it's all combined. It's pretty tasty at this point, so be careful not to eat it before it's cooked!
4. Roll level tablespoons into balls. Place on trays about 5 cm apart. They expand massively, so be careful!
5. Press with spoon to flatten slightly. Bake for 10 minutes or until golden brown.
6. Set aside on the trays for 5 minutes, then put it somewhere to cool completely. Try not to eat them all at once!
Lamington cakes don't have a history as well-defined as the biscuits. They're just delishus chocolate cakes, covered in delishus coconut and stuff.
Ingredients
190g (roughly 6.7 oz) of butter, 1 cup (220g) of white sugar, 2 teaspoons of vanilla bean paste or vanilla extract (extract is cheaper), 3 eggs, 2 and 1/3 cups (350g) self-raising flour, 1 cup (220 ml) milk (though it might do well to add a pinch more), 220g (7.7 oz) dark chocolate (as dark as you can afford), 1 cup (250ml) thickened cream, 1 cup (85g) dessicated or shredded coconut
Method
1. Preheat oven to 170°C (338°F). Grease and line a square cake pan. Process butter and sugar in a processor til light. Add 1 teaspoon vanilla. Add eggs, one at a time, processing after each til combined. In 3 alternating batches, add flour and milk, combining after each. Pour mixture into pan and back for 55-60 minutes. Cool for 5 minutes, then leave to cool.
2. Meanwhile, stir chocolate, cream and remaining vanilla in a heatproof bowl over simmering water until smooth (Don't let the bowl touch the water, or it'll burn). Chill for 20 minutes to thicken (If it isn't thick, keep chillin'!). Spread this icing over the cake (make sure your cake is COLD first), then sprinkle top and sides with coconut.
And there you go. Enjoy!
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