
Snacks & baking
Digestive biscuits
British shortbread-style biscuits made with wholemeal flour and malt, lightly sweet and crisp. Very popular with tea, they are often coated in chocolate.
Ingredients
Ingredients
Spices & seasoning
Optional extras
Nutrition facts
121 kcal per serving
- Protein
- 2.8 g
- Carbohydrates
- 16.5 g
- of which sugars
- 4.8 g
- Fat
- 4.6 g
- Fiber
- 0.6 g
Ecomely’s estimate, calculated from the ingredients with the ANSES Ciqual food composition table, excluding sides and seasoning added to taste.
Instructions
- In a mixing bowl, combine both flours, the baking powder, sugar and salt.
- Add the cold butter cut into cubes and rub in with your fingertips until the texture resembles breadcrumbs.
- Add the malt syrup, egg and milk to form a smooth dough without overworking it.
- Wrap it and let it rest for 30 minutes in the fridge.
- Roll out the dough to 4 mm thick and cut out rounds 7 cm across with a cutter.
- Prick each biscuit with a fork so they don't puff up.
- Place them on a baking tray and bake for 12 minutes at 180 °C (gas mark 6), until the bottoms are golden.
- Let cool on a wire rack. If you like, coat them with melted chocolate and let it set.
Variations and tips
All-wholemeal version. Use only wholemeal flour for a more rustic, fibrous biscuit.
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Original Ecomely recipe.

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