How to Make Delicious Digestive Biscuits

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Digestive Biscuits. The digestive biscuit is also used as a cracker with cheeses, and is often included in "cracker selection" packets. In a large bowl, sift together the flour and baking powder. Cream together the butter and the sugar and add to mixture. Stir in the milk until mixture forms a thick paste. Now here is the amazing thing about a McVitie's Digestive Biscuit.

Digestive Biscuits It is the only product like this that I can eat only one of. Potato Chips, Corn Chips, Graham Crackers, Saltines, Hotel Crackers, Pretzels, Chocolate Chip Cookies, all are designed to be overeaten. Digestive biscuits are used in a similar way as graham crackers in the U. You can have Digestive Biscuits using 5 ingredients and 7 steps. Here is how you achieve that.

Ingredients of Digestive Biscuits

  1. Prepare 200 grams of oats.
  2. Prepare 200 grams of wholemeal flour.
  3. You need 140 grams of maple syrup.
  4. It's 200 grams of unsalted butter.
  5. You need 1 tsp of baking powder.

They are best described as a whole wheat shortbread, and are crisp like shortbread and equally as buttery. Biscuits in Ireland are not the same as the soft American biscuits, they are a cookie. However, cookies can be soft and chewy whereas biscuits are mostly crisp and. I spent a summer in the UK a few years back and practically lived off McVities Digestive Biscuits.

Digestive Biscuits step by step

  1. Pre heat oven to 190/170 fan or Gas mark 5 & line 2 baking trays with baking parchment..
  2. Add the flour, oats and baking powder to a bowl and mix together..
  3. Add the butter to the bowl and mix together until the mixture resembles breadcrumbs..
  4. Add the maple syrup and mix until dough like. Wrap in cling film and chill for 1 hour..
  5. Roll out the dough and cut to into desired circle size - makes up to 24 biscuits..
  6. Place the biscuits on the lined trays and bake for 20-25 minutes until golden brown and crisp..
  7. Remove biscuits from oven and add to cooling rack. Once cooled enjoy :-).

Cheap and easy to find in the UK, fairly expensive and hard to find in the US, so I decided to make them myself. I was not able to find a recipe that tasted enough like them, so I made my own recipe. They have been really popular with other McVitie lovers. Digestive Biscuits are really just sophisticated graham crackers and are very simple to make. They're delicious with tea and fruit.