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| ANZAC cookies with a twist |
day 317 and the peeps and i are making ANZAC cookies today. each year around this time we make some to enjoy on ANZAC day. these cookies have a long association with ANZAC day as wives and mothers sent them over in tins to their loved ones at war, why? well they stored REALLY well so could make it over on the long sea journey and still be edible when they arrived, and they used cheap ingredients that were readily available during wartime, so they weren't a burden to make with regards to food stamps either :)
the other day i was searching all things ANZAC on pinterest and came across
this variation to our beloved ANZAC cookies from
the cupcake architect. yum, ben and i were drooling at the thought of white chocolate drizzle over some ANZAC biscuits! as it was our first day back at school after the easter holidays i decided the peeps might need some enticing to get through the day and doing some baking seemed like the right approach to take ;)
for this recipe these cookies also have dried cherries added to them, i didn't have any in the pantry but i did have some dried cranberries so we used those instead. that was the only variation we made to
this recipe, which is pinned to my
lest we forget board on
pinterest.
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| my pinterest helpers for the day ... look at the levels of concentration! |
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| my happy stirrer |
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| fresh out of the oven |
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| adding the final touches ... polly is never far from helping in the kitchen, we lost ben to a book ;) |
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| finally they were ready to eat, they smelt so good! |
outcome: seriously good, in fact they were so good we had requests for a second batch on ANZAC day :) we still have some left over but the troops seem to think by wednesday they will be all gone. surprisingly its not the white chocolate on top everyone loved but the cranberries with the oats and golden syrup were divine. this is definitely not a wartime only cookie with the cranberries and white chocolate, but as we are currently living in peace in nz, i am happy to push the boat out for the extra ingredients in this version!
as i once again have a very happy family thanks to another successful pinterest pinned recipe, i have to give many thanks to
the cupcake architect for there brilliant twist on the traditional ANZAC cookie.
3 comments:
Cutest helpers ever! I'd like to hire them to work in my kitchen please! Atticus's idea of helping is taste testing every ingredient - multiple times!
I quite like the idea of adding something else to anzacs...I nearly make them every week they are the boys favourite...Annabel Langbein had a anzac recipe with raisins and almonds that I thought sounds good too...will have to give them a go!
Awww thanks, really glad you enjoyed them, wish I had such adorable helpers in the kitchen! Happy Anzac Day (we still have a few hours left of it here in England!) Sara
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