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Chocolate, hojicha and pecan cookies.
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If you like matcha, these extra-toasty choc chip cookies will be your cup of tea

A different powdered Japanese green tea gives these biscuits a mellow, nutty backbone.

  • 30 mins - 1 hr
  • Helen Goh
Brown butter pecan shortbread.
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Adam Liaw’s brown butter pecan shortbread

Nut-brown butter adds an extra dimension to this delicious and simple shortbread.

  • 1-2 hrs
  • Adam Liaw
The Dry Dock's ice-cream sandwich is filled with fior di latte ice-cream.

From traditional to ice-cream filled, where to find Anzac biscuits in Sydney this weekend

From traditional to ice-cream filled, where to find Anzac biscuits in Sydney this weekend

  • Erina Starkey
 Apple and dried cranberry crumble bars.

Anzac aftermath: 20 ways to use your leftover oats

Baked your biscuits? Now use the rest of the bag. From seed-speckled muesli bars to rhubarb crumble tart, these baking recipes go with the grain.

Anzac biscuits are an Australian classic.
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The Anzac biscuit recipe Stephanie Alexander accidentally left out of The Cook’s Companion

Missing from the latest Cook’s Companion, Stephanie Alexander’s Anzac biscuit is more than a recipe. It’s a lesson in history, maths, language and STEM.

  • < 30 mins
  • Stephanie Alexander
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The class of 2026: Aussie supermarkets' Anzac biscuits edition.

Which are the best and worst supermarket Anzac biscuits? We taste-tested them all

We blind taste-tested eight Anzac biscuits and found more flunks than slam dunks. From the crunchy and dry to the gooey and chewy, here’s the way the cookies crumbled.

  • Frank Sweet
Helen Goh's Anzac biscuits.
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Helen Goh’s golden Anzac biscuits are the perfect treat to bake today

Elevate the icon with toasted coconut and sea salt. By pulling your trays two minutes apart, you can deliver both syrupy-soft and golden-crisp in a single batch.

  • < 30 mins
  • Helen Goh
Emelia Jackson’s foolproof brownies.
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The secret to perfect glossy brownies: Emelia Jackson’s best recipe

These simple, foolproof tips guarantee you’ll bake chocolate brownies with a fudgy centre and that signature crackly top every time.

  • 30 mins - 1 hr
  • Emelia Jackson
Julia Busuttil Nishimura’s pistachio amaretti.
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Pistachio amaretti

These soft and chewy biscuits are so festive and make for a wonderful offering during the holiday period when visitors are coming and going.

  • 30 mins - 1 hr
  • Julia Busuttil Nishimura
Cheese straws twisted with chilli crisp.

‘Utterly addictive’: How to make Emelia Jackson’s cheese straws with a spicy twist

Made with rough puff pastry, these elegant cheese straws are perfect for nibbling during party season.

  • 2 hrs +
  • Emelia Jackson