Homemade digestive cookies. Digestive biscuits are used in a similar way as graham crackers in the U. 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. 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.
The recipe below comes from my first ever book Bee's Brilliant Biscuits.
You can have Homemade digestive cookies using 7 ingredients and 5 steps. Here is how you achieve it.
Ingredients of Homemade digestive cookies
- Prepare 200 gm of wholemeal flour.
- You need 200 gm of oats.
- You need 200 gm of butter.
- Prepare 1 tsp of baking powder.
- You need Pinch of salt.
- Prepare 100 gm of light brown sugar.
- Prepare 2-4 tbsp of milk.
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Homemade digestive cookies instructions
- Put the oats into a blender and blitz till you get a soft flour.
- Then mix all the dry ingredients.
- Add the butter and mix till you get crumbs like mixture.
- Add 4 tbsp milk till you get a smooth dough. wrap in cling film and put in the fridge for 15 mins to harden.
- Roll out the dough and cut into desired shape. Bake at 180°c for 15 minutes. Remove from oven and let cool.put in a tight container and enjoy.
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