Close to McVitie's Digestive Biscuits

Ingredients

Original recipe makes 1

	3/4 cupWhole wheat flour
	1/4 cupAll-purpose flour
	1/2 teaspoonBaking Powder
	1 tablespoonrolled oats; 4 tablespoons butter
	4 tablespoonsBrown sugar
	4 tablespoonsmilk

Calories Per Serving: 862
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Close to McVitie's Digestive Biscuits Preparation

1. Preheat oven to 375 degrees F (190 degrees C). Grease cookie sheets.

2. 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.

3. 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.

4. Bake 15 to 18 minutes, or until golden. Let cool on wire rack. Store in an airtight tin.

Notes

This comes close to McVittie's. Choose a whole wheat pastry flour to avoid the sometimes bitter taste of regular whole wheat flour.

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Learn more about the ingredients in this recipe: Whole wheat flour All-purpose flour Baking Powder rolled oats Brown sugar milk

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Close to McVitie's Digestive Biscuits Reviews

	cherrymenzies-runciman Tweaked this recipe to replace sugar with agave nectar or other low GI sweetener so it fits for diabetics - absolutely scrummy 2 months, 2 weeks, 3 days, 7 hours, 21 minutes ago
	lgrantham These are HORRIBLE !!! They taste NOTHING like McVites. A chocolate digestive is one of the worlds greatest cookies and you have shamefully claimed your recipe as 'Close To...' when in fact it is not even in the same kitchen !!!!!! Take off the apron and step out of the kitchen !!! (The only way I could post this was to chose a star rating...therefore I chose the lowest. I would have picked a negative star if one was available) 1 years, 1 weeks, 6 days, 10 hours, 48 minutes ago
	EcoMomma You have not given a quantity for the butter you mention. 1 years, 3 months, 1 weeks, 3 days, 9 hours, 42 minutes ago
	Pretty good copy. Next time I will use one less tbsp brown sugar and one more tbsp butter. It's difficult to roll out the dough evenly thin enough but the results were yummy anyway. 2 years, 2 months, 3 weeks, 5 days, 7 hours, 19 minutes ago
	scipionasica You have - quite obviously - never tried this recipe. I have made exactly - EXACTLY - your recipe and it is a disaster. Either you have never seen the inside of a kitchen before i your life or you are a blissful liar - this is totally crap and wasteful of ingredients. Shame. 2 years, 4 months, 1 days, 7 hours, 55 minutes ago
	ollien I'm right here looking for digestive biscuit recipes and fortunately came cross this. I love this biscuit very much and will try this recipe. thanks for sharing it... 4 years, 5 months, 1 weeks, 4 days, 20 hours, 6 minutes ago
	mhdichard This comes close to McVittie's. Choose a whole wheat pastry flour to avoid the sometimes bitter taste of regular whole wheat flour. 4 years, 11 months, 4 weeks, 9 hours, 3 minutes ago
	princessfiona [I made edits to this recipe.] 6 years, 3 months, 1 hours, 21 minutes ago
	princessfiona This comes close to McVitie's. Choose a whole wheat pastry flour to avoid the sometimes bitter taste of regular whole wheat flour. 6 years, 3 months, 5 hours, 44 minutes ago
	promfh I remember these fondly from our trip to Ireland. Now we can have proper tea and biscuits at home. Thanks for sharing. 6 years, 3 months, 3 days, 14 hours, 4 minutes ago
	princessfiona This comes close to McVittie's. Choose a whole wheat pastry flour to avoid the sometimes bitter taste of regular whole wheat flour. [I posted this recipe.] 6 years, 3 months, 3 days, 20 hours, 21 minutes ago