Whenever I’m trying to give gluten free baking that chewy, hearty, wheaty taste, I also use two ingredients that I call my whole grain gluten free flour blend: 75% sweet white sorghum flour + 25% teff flour. I melted some semi-sweet chocolate and coated these in that. When rolling out I have two strip of plywood 3mm thick. Remove the cookies from the oven, and cool right on the pan. Using flour instead would do the same job of preventing the dough sticking, but oatmeal gives more goodness, flavour and texture. Being a bloke, I can’t work out what ‘oatmeal’ is. Enter the Bold Baker Challenge for a Chance to Win a $275 Gift Card! . Prick them all over with a fork, and bake until pale gold, between 15 and 20 minutes. Milk powder: You can use nonfat dry milk, whole milk powder, or even coconut milk powder for a dairy-free version. Place the chopped chocolate and coconut oil in a small, heat-safe bowl and melt either in the microwave at 60% power in 45-second bursts, stirring in between, or in a double boiler until melted and smooth. Bell shapes hers into walnut-sized balls, as if making cookies, rather than rolling and cutting the dough. Thank you! The other ingredients are butter for richness and beaten egg to bind the dough. To American tastes, digestive biscuits may taste “only okay.” They’re lightly sweet, but their appeal is mostly in the texture, which is crispy and almost a bit mealy (in a good way!). Best digestive biscuit recipe I have tried. Allow the chocolate to set briefly, then drag the tines of a fork in a wiggly pattern through the chocolate coating. Success! No thanks, I'm not interested in free recipes. They are best described as a whole wheat shortbread, and are crisp like shortbread and equally as buttery. NEW Microwave Mug Meals: 5 Bold & Delicious Recipes. Traditionally, these "biscuits" are round and about 2 1/2" in diameter. But it’s still dessert. I sit down, watch my stories, and have a cup of Irish tea. Her new book, Bee's Brilliant Biscuits, is now available to pre-order on Amazon. I have just made these, and tried one- delicious. I’m sorry but I don’t use vegan egg replacers so really don’t know whether using them in this recipe would work. McVitie’s makes a gluten free variety of Hobnobs, but I don’t think they make gluten free digestives, specifically. Makes 8 to 10 medium-sized biscuits. My American children (teenagers, all) are kind of split on how much they like these biscuits. This recipe is definitely a keeper! Digestives: dull Victorian relic, or queen of British biscuits? Roll the dough out between two sheets of clingfilm, or on a very lightly floured work surface, until about 4mm thick, then cut out your biscuits. But after making the biscuits, and the crackers, I wonder why I ever bothered with the packet ones. Am looking forward to trying other recipes from this site, they all look so good! Get the recipe right, and you're set for life. I’ve wanted to make Homemade Digestive Biscuits for you for a long time now because they are a very popular biscuit in Ireland and used in many recipes. In place of cornstarch, you can use arrowroot powder or even potato starch. I love these digestive biscuits. Easy to make and taste so yummy! I would like to make a batch, but we just don’t get though biscuits very quickly and would hate for them to go to waste. The original digestive recipe relied on the supposed medicinal properties of bicarbonate of soda, and so most recipes include it. My family love them , Great recipe this tasted just like the digestive I buy at the store . Hi Gemma, Like everyone else we’re currently on lockdown. That’s a promise! Create a well in the center of the dry ingredients and add the butter, syrup, and milk, mixing to combine after each addition. Leave them on a cooling rack and they’ll crisp up a little more. So glad you enjoyed the recipe. So pleased to hear that, Mark! It makes a slightly less crunchy biscuit. Once cooled, if you’re feeling creative, you can dip some of your biscuits into melted chocolate or coloured royal icing, then sprinkle with nuts and seeds for an extra jazzy design.