ANZAC Day....

HAPPY    ANZAC   DAY....

The  Ladies of Australia and New Zealand bake these special cookies for ANZAC DAY  (April 25th) Every year...   ANZAC stands for  Australian  New Zealand Army Corp

These cookies were fur sending to their troops serving in times of war.    The cookies do not spoil.   So they could take the LONG journey from the Loving Hands that made them... to their LOVED ONES serving in war zones.
    Miss Tobi (Roxy's Mom) made some ANZAC Cookies and Brought to us... Last April when she was in the States visiting Family and FURENDS like US.    WE thought they were Delicious.
    Miss Tobi sent us the SECRET INGREDIENT ... all the way from Australia.... so our mom could make them fur US.
    Golden Syrup...  is that Secret Ingredient.  
 

 SEE???   it says MADE IN AUSTRALIA right on the bottle...

Now MOM had to TASTE it... and found that it is like MOLASSES...   in both TASTE and Consistency...    So she checked the Intermutts and found that she was RIGHT and that in this country  Molasses CAN be substituted for Australian GOLDEN SYRUP.  
     So here is how the Pawcess went...

Furst Melt the Golden Syrup, Butter, and some water...

 Mix the Dry ingredients together....

 Add the Warm Wet stuffs... and let the mixer WORK...   See the thingy racing around in there???

Then Scooper the dough out and flatten a bit with a fork

 and Pop them in the OVEN

 In about 870 or so..... OUT they Come...  

OMD they smelled SOOOOO good.
    Now there MUST be some FUN Story in this.. RIGHT???   YEP...  there IS.   The Recipes that mom found on the intermutts... ALL said that she had to use    DESICCATED Coconut...  and she could NOT find any of that in the stores...  so she had to THINK which is nearly IMPAWSIBLE fur an ELDERLY lady like SHE is  of how she needed to do that...     Furst she bought Regular Coconut... Put it in the Food PAWcessor to make it sort of FINE...  and then   she Spread it out on a TRAY... to Desiccate  fur TWO DAYS....    BaaaaaaaWaaaaah.  
      SO, TODAY WE HONOR our beloved Australian and New Zealand  ALLIES  who Did and DO serve and protect.         HAPPY     ANZAC DAY            G'DAY and NO WORRIES  

SHE... brought us ANZAC COOKIES

Not that WE would know what they Taste Like or stuffs...  butt I (Ernie the Attorney) wanted to show you these special Cookies...  that   SHE  Made and Brought to Cooperstown, PENCIL VANE E Ah...

These are ANZAC Cookies that the Aussies use fur Pawt of their ANZAC DAY Celebrations every APRIL 25th....     The anniversary of the Furst Military Actions fought by Australians and New Zealand Forces in WWI .    

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SHE   said that these cookies will KEEP FURever   beclaws they don't have any eggs in them.  Just Brown Sugar and Butter and Oats and Flour and somethingy called Golden Syrup...  
      Since they Keep so Well the Aussie Ladies would Send them to the Troops.  

Don't they look GRRRREAT?       We think that    SHE    must be a good cooker.

Thank you, Miss Tobi         our PEEPS really liked the ANZAC Cookies...

AND     HAPPY ANZAC DAY to all the folks  on the OTHER SIDE of the World...  
    We Thank those who DID and ARE serving.