Editing Anzac biscuit (section)

==Origins==

The origin of Anzac biscuits is contested between Australia and New Zealand. The first known recipe for the biscuit significantly predates the formation of the ANZAC Corps,<ref>{{Cite news |last=Fuss |first=Eloise |date=2018-04-23 |title=Who made the first Anzac biscuit? |url=https://www.abc.net.au/news/2018-04-24/who-made-the-first-anzac-biscuit/9687810 |access-date=2023-04-21 |work=ABC News |language=en-AU}}</ref> and many early recipes differ from the modern version.<ref>{{Cite news |last=Huckstep |first=Anthony |date=2020-04-21 |title=Historic biscuits: 'Where the pavlova divides us, the Anzac unites us' |language=en-GB |work=The Guardian |url=https://www.theguardian.com/food/2020/apr/22/historic-biscuits-where-the-pavlova-divides-us-the-anzac-unites-us |access-date=2023-04-21 |issn=0261-3077}}</ref> For example, historical recipes have variously included nontraditional ingredients such as eggs, fruit, and jam.<ref name="anzacbiscuitrecipe-dva">{{cite web |title=Anzac biscuits to make for Anzac Day or a commemorative event |url=https://anzacportal.dva.gov.au/commemoration/event-planning/anzac-biscuits |access-date=9 July 2022 |publisher=Australian Government, Department of Veterans' Affairs}}</ref>

The earliest known recipe combining the words 'Anzac' and 'biscuit' is a recipe from 1916 for "ANZAC ginger biscuits" which was published on 4 June 1916 in the [[Perth]] edition of ''[[The Sunday Times (Western Australia)|The Sunday Times]]''.<ref>{{cite web |title=The Sunday Times, Perth, Western Australia, June 4, 1916 |url=https://trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/article/58013699 |newspaper=Sunday Times |date=4 June 1916 |access-date=2 May 2020}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |title=ANZAC Biscuits but not as you know them… {{!}} Australian War Memorial |url=https://www.awm.gov.au/articles/blog/anzac-biscuits-not-you-know-them |access-date=2022-07-14 |website=www.awm.gov.au}}</ref> However, this recipe contains no mention of oats, which are present in modern Anzac biscuits. The first recipe for "Anzac Biscuits" appears in an Australian publication, the ''War Chest Cookery Book'' (Sydney, 1917), but this recipe was also for a different biscuit.<ref>{{cite web |last1=Fuss |first1=Eloise |title=First printed recipe for Anzac biscuits very different to modern recipe |url=https://thenewdaily.com.au/life/eat-drink/2018/04/24/first-anzac-biscuit-recipe/ |website=The New Daily |access-date=26 November 2019}}</ref><ref name=":0">{{cite web|last1=Reynolds|first1=Allison|title=The real origins of the Anzac biscuit revealed|url=https://www.adelaidenow.com.au/delicious-sa/the-real-origins-of-the-anzac-biscuit-revealed/news-story/7ab7ff63b5399ea16059bb0a072c8ffc|access-date=26 November 2019|website=The Advertiser}}</ref> The same publication also included the first two recipes for biscuits resembling modern Anzac biscuits, under the names of "Rolled Oats Biscuits" and just "Biscuits".<ref name=":0" /> The first recorded instance of the combination of the name "Anzac biscuit" and the recipe now associated with it was found in [[Adelaide]] dating to "either late 1919 or early 1920".<ref name=":1" /><ref>{{cite news |last1=Fuss |first1=Eloise |title=Anzac Day 2018: Who made the first Anzac biscuit? |newspaper=ABC News |date=23 April 2018 |url=https://www.abc.net.au/news/2018-04-24/who-made-the-first-anzac-biscuit/9687810 |publisher=Australian Broadcasting Corporation|access-date=26 November 2019}}</ref> Another early recipe for the Anzac biscuit dates back to 1921, published in an Australian newspaper called ''[[The Argus (Melbourne)|The Argus]]''.<ref name="auto">{{cite web|title=Australia strikes a blow in the battle for the Anzac Biscuit|url=https://www.smh.com.au/national/australia-strikes-a-blow-in-the-battle-for-the-anzac-biscuit-20140130-31oy8.html|website=The Sydney Morning Herald|date=30 January 2014 |access-date=4 October 2019}}</ref> These early recipes did not contain desiccated coconut, which is present in many modern Anzac biscuits.<ref name="auto" /><ref name=":0" /><ref>{{Cite web |title=ANZAC Biscuits |url=https://www.weber.com/AU/en/recipes/desserts/anzac-biscuits/weber-204256.html |access-date=2022-07-14 |website=www.weber.com |language=en}}</ref> The first recipe for an Anzac biscuit containing desiccated coconut is recorded to be from the city of Adelaide in 1924.<ref>{{cite news|title=Anzac Day 2018: Who made the first Anzac biscuit?|url=https://www.abc.net.au/news/2018-04-24/who-made-the-first-anzac-biscuit/9687810|newspaper=ABC News|date=23 April 2018 |access-date=4 October 2019}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |last1=Fuss |first1=Eloise |title=Who made the first Anzac biscuit? |url=https://www.abc.net.au/local/stories/2014/04/24/3991366.htm |publisher=Australian Broadcasting Corporation|access-date=26 November 2019}}</ref>

In New Zealand, a 1919 recipe for Anzac Crispies in the eighth edition of the St Andrew's Cookery Book had similar ingredients to modern Anzac biscuits.<ref>{{cite web |url= http://www.stuff.co.nz/life-style/9668401/Battle-of-the-Anzac-biscuit |title= Battle of the Anzac biscuit |access-date= 16 March 2020|author= Jenny Tabakoff|year= 2014|work= stuff}}</ref>