365.121 - Anzac Biscuits

    ANZAC Biscuits are a sweet biscuit popular in Australia and New Zealand, made using rolled oats, flour, coconut, sugar, butter, golden syrup, bicarbonate of soda and boiling water. Anzac biscuits have long been associated with the Australian and New Zealand Army Corps (ANZAC) established in World War I.
    It has been claimed the biscuits were sent by wives to soldiers abroad because the ingredients do not spoil easily and the biscuits kept well during naval transportation.[1] Today, ANZAC Biscuits are manufactured commercially for retail sale and are popular in Australia and New Zealand.

    It was ANZAC Day on Saturday.

    The halogen spotlights in the kitchen really aren't my friends when I'm trying to take photos >.<

    Comments and faves

    1. ★

      redjoe, Samyra Serin, seannyK, biebe08, and 66 other people added this photo to their favorites.

    2. biebe08 (37 months ago | reply)

      oh, nice monster you have! even he really interested with this yummy looking biscuits. a home made? enjoy your day, my friend. have a tasty day, i mean, biscuits. best regard.

    3. Bunny Spice (37 months ago | reply)

      Cookie Monster bokeh is *awesome*!!

    4. redjoe (37 months ago | reply)

      This is excellent! Great job!

    5. ryanmurphy (37 months ago | reply)

      hehe - it's cute, and I love that I only recognize half of the ingredients in your recipe.

    6. Samyra Serin (37 months ago | reply)

      Beautiful DoF!

      The World Through My Eyes

    7. thescatteredimage (37 months ago | reply)

      Yes!

    8. RD original photography [deleted] (37 months ago | reply)

      lol aww this is cute

    9. nettsu (37 months ago | reply)

      thanks biebe - these weren't homemade, unfortunately they were storebought - thank you :)

      thanks bunny spice :)

      thanks joe :)

      ryan - think of rolled oats as something similar to quaker's oats, golden syrup = treacle (kinda sorta).

      thanks samyra sarin :)

      thanks rob :)

      thanks RD :)

    10. seannyK (37 months ago | reply)

      I see they've let him out of rehab prematurely again...

    11. paulxstoney (37 months ago | reply)

      Ha ha ... love cookie monster!

    12. Jules in Sydney (37 months ago | reply)

      LOL . Great!

    13. nettsu (37 months ago | reply)

      seanny - I keep breaking him out ;)

      thanks paul - he's definitely my favourite muppet :)

      thanks Jules :)

    14. mausdawg [deleted] (37 months ago | reply)

      Coooookie monster WANT coooooooooookie! Haaaa! Love it'

    15. KK BB NN KK (37 months ago | reply)

      WANT COOKIE HAHAH :D Hey dude nice shot

    16. nettsu (37 months ago | reply)

      thanks bernie :)

      thanks KK BB NN KK :)

    17. crittrs (37 months ago | reply)

      So charming, great idea and well shot!
      --
      Seen in the group"BOKEH - for the common folk" ( ?² )

    18. Fenstar (37 months ago | reply)

      I love anzac bikkies, but only if they're crunchy, can't stand it if they're soft

    19. Eeyore@Melb (37 months ago | reply)

      lovely shot

    20. sly's eye (37 months ago | reply)

      Lucky Cookie Monster. (Jealous) :D

    21. Zach Manchester UK (37 months ago | reply)

      Hahaha! I love ANZAC biscuits just as much as Cookie Monster :) x

    22. fwibble (37 months ago | reply)

      Me Kiley the bizkits

    23. nettsu (37 months ago | reply)

      thanks crittrs :)

      fenny - you still have your teeth after eating these ;) not quite soft but teeth-breakingly hard.

      thanks Eeyore@Melb :)

      sly - he's very lucky and as always seems to get cookies in this house ;)

      thanks zach :)

      fwibble =D (yes that's the best response I have to that)

    24. Just G will do. [deleted] (37 months ago | reply)

      oh I think this is an excellent photo...nom, nom.

    25. Mischief 1972 (37 months ago | reply)

      I am not sure what it is about the photo you don't like.
      I think all the elements are wonderful!
      Bokeh -- check!
      Cookies -- check!
      Cookie Monster -- check!

    26. nettsu (37 months ago | reply)

      thanks ryan :)

      Joe - the main two problems I really have with it is that the lighting on cookie monster is far too harsh (I would have preferred something a bit more subdued) and you can see part of the cookie that he has in his hand (although that's not that bad). I'm just being fussy - that's all :)

    27. Scott C (sec611) (37 months ago | reply)

      I made some of these once, to send to Hawaii (from the East Coast US). The mail lost them and when they arrived they weren't very good. It was my first attempt, so that might have had something to do with their quality. ;}
      --
      Seen on your photo stream. ( ?² )

    28. nettsu (37 months ago | reply)

      To be honest I've never made them!
      so you've done better than I have :)

    29. M___a___r___k (36 months ago | reply)

      Fantastic... Love an ANZAC biscuit. Cookie Monster just tops it off.

    30. nettsu (36 months ago | reply)

      Cookies need a cookie monster bokeh ;)
      it's the way how my mind works...

    31. Pepon404_ (35 months ago | reply)

      Love it!

    32. nettsu (35 months ago | reply)

      thanks Pepon404_ :)

    33. gwendolen (6 months ago | reply)

      Love your cookie monster. I used it on my blogs to illustrate the Dutch cookie law.

      krugernationaalpark.nl/cookies/
      icommunicatie.nl/cookies
      demersus.net/cookies

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