Why the cookie is the pandemic's #1 snack

Updated On: 28 June, 2020 07:16 AM IST | Mumbai | Anju Maskeri

With baking becoming one of the most preferred non-work activities under the Coronavirus lockdown, chefs tell us why the warm and gooey bite is the ultimate comfort food

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Hertzoggie are puffy pastry tarts filled with apricot jam and coconut meringue from South Africa

Every year, on April 25, Australia and New Zealand observe Anzac Day (Australia New Zealand Army Corps) to commemorate the lives of military men who fought the Ottoman Empire during World War I. Although it led to a devastating defeat of their forces, people Down Under remember the sombre occasion with the sweet and sturdy Anzac cookies, prepared using oats, coconut, butter, flour, bicarb and golden syrup. Legend has it that the bakes were invented to beat rationing and food shortages at the time. "The soldiers' wives would send these biscuits to the troops. Due to the long shelf life of the ingredients, the snack could survive the long sea jaunt," says Siya Donde, home baker and owner of Cookie Cutter.

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