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Digestive Biscuits
These are a tasty treat and easy to make
Recipe Category:
Baking
Makes enough for:
1
batch biscuits
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Adapted from The Cookie Jar page 55
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Ingredients
170
g
wholemeal flour
170
g
rolled oats
150
g
butter, cubed
2.5
mls
bicarbonate of soda
55
g
fructose
2.5
mls
fine salt
15
mls
milk
Method
Sieve the flour into a large mixing bowl
Add in any of the bran that does not sift through
Place the oats into a blender and blitz until roughly ground
Sieve the oats into the bowl, adding any that does not sift through
Rub in the butter using your fingertips
Add the bicarbonate of soda, fructose and salt and mix in
Add the milk and mix to form a dough (you might need to add more)
Once the dough holds together shape into a ball and flatten into a disc
Cover with cling film and refrigerate for 30 minutes
Preheat the oven to 180° Celsius
Roll the dough out between two sheets of baking paper to 4mm thick
Cut out your biscuits and place onto a lined baking tray
Use a skewer to punch the holes into the biscuits
Bake for 16 minutes and then remove the tray from the oven
Leave the biscuits to cool on the tray for 5 minutes and then place onto a wire rack to cool completely
Once cooled you can cover one side with melted chocolate
Store in an airtight container