English Digestive Biscuits Recipes

DIGESTIVE BISCUITS

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 375 degrees F (190 degrees C). Grease cookie sheets.
• In a large bowl, sift together the flour and baking powder. Mix in the oatmeal. Cream together the butter and the sugar and add to mixture. Stir in the milk until mixture forms a thick paste.
• Knead dough on a floured surface until smooth. Roll out dough to approximately 1/8" thickness. Cut into rounds with cookie cutter about 2 1/2 inches in diameter. Transfer to cookie sheets and prick with a fork.
• Bake 15 to 18 minutes, or until golden. Let cool on wire rack. Store in an airtight tin.

ENGLISH DIGESTIVE BISCUITS

Steps:

• Place dry ingredients in a mixing bowl.
• Cut or rub in the butter with a pastry blender, two knives or your fingertips.
• Add the sugar and enough milk to make a stiff dough.
• Knead this mixture on a flour surface until smooth. All this can be done almost instantly in a food processor.
• If you have time, return the dough to your bowl, cover and chill for an hour. This resting time will make the biscuits more tender and crisp.
• After the dough has chilled, preheat your oven to 350 degrees.
• Roll out the dough until it is a bit more than 1/8 inch thick, and cut into any desired shape. Traditional digestives are about 2 1/2 inches round.
• Place on greased cookie sheets, prick evenly with a fork and bake until pale gold, about 15 to 20 minutes.

DIGESTIVE BISCUITS | WHOLE WHEAT & OATS DIGESTIVE COOKIES

Steps:

• In a mixing bowl, sift the whole wheat flour and baking soda. Add powdered oats, jaggery powder, and salt. Whisk well to incorporate everything well.
• Add butter, work the butter into the flour with your fingertips to resemble breadcrumbs.
• Add milk, a tablespoon at a time and knead until you have a dough. You may need more or less of milk, so add it gradually. Do not overwork the dough. Just knead until the dough comes together.
• Flatten the dough into a disc and transfer it to a cling wrap. Refrigerate for about 15 minutes.
• Preheat the oven to 350 degrees F/ 180 degrees C. Transfer the disc to your work surface. Place it between two parchment papers and roll out to 1/4 inch thickness. If it crumbles, accumulate it and roll out. Use of parchment paper will help you roll it out nicely.
• Use a cutter to cut into desired shapes.
• Transfer to a baking tray lined with Silpat/parchment paper. Gather the scraps, form a disc, and repeat the same procedure of rolling out and cutting it out until all the dough is used up.
• Use a skewer/fork to poke holes all over the cookies.
• Bake for 15 minutes, until the cookies are a light golden in color. Check after 10 minutes of baking, as the time taken to bake will depend upon the thickness of the cookies, if they are thinner, they will be done around 10 -12 minutes. I baked in two batches, kept the other batch in the refrigerator while the first was baking.
• Remove the tray from the oven. Let it cool for a minute on the tray, then transfer to a wire rack, and let it cool completely. They will become crisp and crunchy on cooling, transfer to an airtight container.