ANZAC Cookies (New Zealanders called them biscuits)

This cookie was popularized by WWI care packages to soldiers of the Australia New Zealand Army Corps (ANZAC), since they could be made without eggs, and they kept well on the overseas voyage to Europe.  The dough can seem very crumbly, but if you pack it firmly into balls (walnut sized), you'll have a good shaped cookie.

INGREDIENTS:

2 cups all-purpose flour
2 cups rolled quick oat
2 cups granulated sugar
1 cup flake coconut
1 cup (2 stick butter)
3 tablespoon white (or golden) Karo syrup
3/4 teaspoon baking soda
1/4 cup boiling (or VERY hot) water

1.  Preheat oven to 350-degree.  Line baking sheets with parcment paper (or aluminum foil, and set aside.

2.  In a small saucepan over medium heat