British Digestive Biscuits Hobnobs Copycat Recipes

BRITISH DIGESTIVE BISCUITS - HOBNOBS COPYCAT

Steps:

• Pre heat oven to 355 degrees.
• Mix flour, oats and sugar together in a large mixing bowl.
• Melt the butter, honey and water in a pan, once melted stir in the baking soda.
• Add the butter mixture to the dry ingredients, and mix until combined.
• Roll into 1.5" balls.
• Place it on a greased tray and flatten slightly with the bottom of a cup or other flat surface.
• Bake for about 12 mins - they should be golden, not brown.
• Allow them to cool completely on the cookie sheet.
• *tip: if you bake them on greased tinfoil or the non stick kind, you can side them from the cookie sheet to a wire rack to cool faster.

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.

HOMEMADE HOBNOBS

Steps:

• Preheat the oven to 180°C/160°C fan. Line two large baking sheets with parchment paper.
• Beat together the butter and sugar until light and fluffy. Add syrup and mix well.
• Combine the flour, oats and bicarbonate of soda in a separate bowl. Add to the wet mixture a bit at a time, ensuring you mix well to incorporate all the ingredients together. It should be crumbly at this stage.
• Place a 6.5cm cookie cutter onto one of the baking sheets, using a desert spoon, place a spoonful of the mixture into the cookie cutter and compress down as much as you can. Repeat until mixture is all used up.
• Bake in the oven for10 minutes or until golden brown. Allow to cool completely on the baking sheets.

DIGESTIVE BISCUITS

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 325 degrees. Pulse flours, baking soda, salt, and brown sugar in a food processor to combine. Pulse in butter until mixture resembles coarse meal. Add 1/4Â cup milk; process until a dough forms. (If too dry, add more milk, 1 teaspoon at a time, until it holds together when squeezed.) Wrap dough in plastic; flatten into a disk. Refrigerate until firm, at least 30 minutes and up to 1 day.
• Preheat oven to 325 degrees. Pulse flours, baking soda, salt, and brown sugar in a food processor to combine. Pulse in butter until mixture resembles coarse meal. Add 1/4 cup milk; process until a dough forms. (If too dry, add more milk, 1 teaspoon at a time, until it holds together when squeezed.) Wrap dough in plastic; flatten into a disk. Refrigerate until firm, at least 30 minutes and up to 1 day.
• Remove dough from refrigerator; let stand at room temperature until malleable but still firm, about 10 minutes. Roll out to a 9-by-10-inch rectangle (about 1/8 inch thick). Using a 2 1/2-inch cookie cutter, stamp out rounds. With the back of a knife, score tops in a crosshatch pattern. Whisk egg white with 1/2 teaspoon water; brush top of each biscuit with egg wash. Place biscuits 1 inch apart on parchment-lined baking sheets; bake until firm and dry in centers and slightly darkened, 24 to 26 minutes. Let cool completely.

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.