Hokey Pokey Biscuits

Name: Hokey Pokey Biscuits
Prep time: 10 min
Cook time: 15 min
Total time: 25 min
Yield: 4 servings
Cuisine: New Zealand
Ingredients: 150g butter; 3/4 cup caster sugar; 2 tbsp golden syrup; 2 tsp bicarbonate of soda; 2 cups plain flour

Crispy golden biscuits flavoured with bicarbonate and golden syrup — a New Zealand lunchbox treat. Taking the syrup mixture off the heat before stirring in the bicarb triggers its dramatic foaming reaction, which gives these biscuits their characteristic crackly texture.

Total time

25 min

Prep

10 min

Cook

15 min

Difficulty

easy

Cuisine

New Zealand

vegetarian

Ingredients

150gbutter

3/4 cupcaster sugar

2 tbspgolden syrup

2 tspbicarbonate of soda

2 cupsplain flour

Instructions

Melt butter, sugar and golden syrup together over low heat until dissolved.

Remove from heat and add bicarb — it will foam. Stir quickly.

Sift in flour and mix into a stiff dough.

Roll into balls and place on lined trays. Flatten with a fork.

Bake at 175°C for 15 minutes until golden. Cool on trays.

Nutrition (estimated)

Per serving, based on a standard 4-serving portion and standard nutrition references — not a lab or USDA-verified measurement.

Calories

675

Protein

6.8g

Fat

31g

Carbs

93.8g

Fiber

1.7g

Sodium

685mg

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