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I feel foolish craving cookies when it is near 100% humidity outside. However, I excel in folly, so on with the oven.
No gooey chocolate chips or deeply spiced treats today; rather, a not-too-sweet, sturdy cookie that can make fast friends with a cup of tea, or stand in for a muffin for breakfast on the go. The solution? Anzac biscuits (that’s a cookie to the Brits, New Zealanders and Aussies), which were designed for just such a purpose
Anzac biscuits were popularized by World War I care packages to soldiers of the Australian and New Zealand Army Corps (ANZAC), since they kept well on the overseas voyage to Europe. Here I’ve refashioned the cookies with quinoa flakes and quinoa flour, as they, too, are excellent travelers!
Other flours that work beautifully here are whole spelt flour, white whole wheat flour (or whole wheat pastry flour), or your favorite gluten-free flour mix.
Donna
Monday 9th of June 2014
Can you sub coconut flakes for Quinoa Flacks? :)
Camilla
Thursday 6th of April 2017
Hi Donna--no. They are taking the place of oats. You could use oats instead of quinoa flakes.
Grant
Tuesday 1st of April 2014
These are great! I reduced brown sugar by 50% and blended it in food processor with some figs and raisins to make up the 1 cup volume in the recipe The kids love them!!
Camilla
Tuesday 1st of April 2014
Oh, your adaptations sound amazing, Grant!
Flozo
Friday 14th of February 2014
Super quick easy recipe, I found them a bit too sweet, I used organic coconut sugar and honey next time will try reducing both by 50%, otherwise great recipe, texture of cookies pretty good. Thanks
Camilla
Tuesday 18th of February 2014
Sounds great, Flozo!
Kim
Tuesday 13th of November 2012
I made these yesterday and I love the flavor and texture.
A Bit of Brooklyn
Monday 6th of August 2012
I love quinoa! A friend just told me about your blog and I think I'm going to lose the next 5 hours of my life going through your recipes. So excited, thanks :)