Digestive biscuits. 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. Digestive biscuits are hard, semi-sweet biscuits sometimes known as sweetmeal biscuits.

I first tried these British biscuits when studying abroad in Italy and quickly became hooked on their crumbly, melt-in-your-mouth texture and. Felicity Cloake: It's the good, old British staple - and it's always there for you, come rain or shine. Just don't expect it to do anything for your digestion. You can have Digestive biscuits using 6 ingredients and 8 steps. Here is how you cook it.

Ingredients of Digestive biscuits

Prepare 480 g of whole wheat flour.
Prepare 150 g of powdered sugar.
You need 260 g of cold butter/margarine.
It's 2 tsp. of Baking powder.
You need 8 tsp of milk/water.
You need 1/2 tsp of salt.

Digestive Biscuits. this link is to an external site that may or may not meet accessibility guidelines. Thank you Gemma for sharing this great little biscuit recipe with us, it is the perfect treat with a nice cup of tea. Homemade Digestive Biscuits are the latest result of my efforts to replace palm oil-laden, store bought products with delicious, easy homemade versions. Crunchy, crumbly and with a satisfying wholemeal.

Digestive biscuits step by step

Preheat your oven to 170c.
In a large bowl, add flour, sugar, salt, baking powder, cold butter and mix until mixture resembles bread crumbs.
Add the milk and mix until it forms a firm dough.
Divide the dough into two parts and roll out each onto a lightly floured surface or between parchment paper to your desired thickness..
Using a round cutter, cut our the dough and remove the excess dough to roll out later..
Place the cookie cut outs on a greased baking tray and using a skewer or tooth pick, poke holes all over the cookie dough and bake at 170c for 20mins..
Its cooked when you press lightly on it and it's firm to the touch. Remove from the oven and let it cool before transferring to a plate..
ENJOY!!!.

McVitie's Digestive Biscuits are one of those vastly understated English things. (Ah shoot, probably Scotch or Irish, I have no idea, really, but somebody I suppose named McVitie had a great idea some. Citing that digestive biscuits lack any digestive properties whatsoever, the tasty treat is banned from the USA. To purchase them in America, one has to look under the 'International' aisle sections in. The bicarbonate of soda (or baking soda as my Canadian and American friends know it as). They may not be the most exotic biscuits in the world but there's nothing quite like the semi-sweet, slightly salty whole wheat flavour of a good ol' digestive.