Anzac Slice - cooking recipe

Ingredients

2 cups rolled oats
2 cups plain flour
1 cup caster sugar
1 1/2 cups desiccated coconut
200 g chocolate chips
4 tablespoons golden syrup
250 g butter
1 teaspoon bicarbonate of soda
2 tablespoons hot water

Preparation

Preheat oven 160 degrees C.Grease and line a 20cm x 30cm baking tin.
Combine oats,flour,sugar,choc chips and coconut in a large bowl.
Melt the butter and golden syrup over medium low heat in a small saucepan.
Combine bicarb and hot water and add to golden syrup mix.
Pour golden syrup mix into bowl and mix together well,choc chips will probably melt from heat of golden syrup mix.
Press into tin and bake 20-30 min or until cooked through,do not overcook or it will be tough instead of chewy.
Cool in tin for 10 min the turn onto wire rack to cool before cutting into squares.
Can omit the choc chips.
Can melt 300g dark chocolate and pour on top of cooled slice.