HM digestive biscuits

bizzylizzy

I have found a recipe for digestives that I would like to try that needs oatmeal. I couldn't find any in Asda yesterday but I have ordinary porridge oats. I thought I might try whizzing them down in the food processor and then using them. Has anyone else tried this?

thriftlady_2

I haven't tried that, but have often thought it would work I'm surprised you couldn't find oatmeal at Asda. Tesco stock it with their baking supplies rather than the cereals.I made digestives once from one of Nigella Lawson's books - How To Eat I think it was, they were very good.

metherer

Any chance of the recipe?

bizzylizzy

metherer wrote:

Any chance of the recipe?

Bearing in mind that I haven't tried these yet!

4oz medium oatmeal
4oz wholemeal flour
2oz caster sugar
1/4 tsp salt
1/2 tsp bicarbonate of soda
3oz butter or marg
1 small beaten egg

Mix oatmeal, flour, sugar, salt & bicarb. Rub in butter/marg, add egg. Put dough on surface sprinkled with oatmeal. Roll out to 1/2"" thick, cut in 3" rounds. Put on greased baking sheet, put in preheated oven (180C) for 10 - 15 mins.

bizzylizzy

thriftlady wrote:

I'm surprised you couldn't find oatmeal at Asda. Tesco stock it with their baking supplies rather than the cereals.

Whoops! I only looked in the cereals part:rolleyes: never mind I'll have a try with the oats as I've bought them.

Mr_Proctalgia

Erm....... Isn't Reddy Brek oatmeal?

lightisfading

Should work, i had an American roommate at uni, we couldnt find oatmeal for the much needed oatmeal raisin cookies so we whizzed some up in a food processor and they turned out fine

thriftlady_2

Mr_Proctalgia wrote:

Erm....... Isn't Reddy Brek oatmeal?

No it isn't, not sure what Readybrek is but it bears no resmblance to oatmeal.
Oatmeal comes in various grades - pinhead, medium and coarse(I think).It is crunchy, whereas Readybrek is powdery pap. I always understood that Americans refer to our porridge oats as oatmeal.

culpepper

Ive ground oats up before in the grinder.They dont go quite as fine as oatmeal but still work.

bizzylizzy

bizzylizzy wrote:

Bearing in mind that I haven't tried these yet!

4oz medium oatmeal
4oz wholemeal flour
2oz caster sugar
1/4 tsp salt
1/2 tsp bicarbonate of soda
3oz butter or marg
1 small beaten egg

Mix oatmeal, flour, sugar, salt & bicarb. Rub in butter/marg, add egg. Put dough on surface sprinkled with oatmeal. Roll out to 1/2"" thick, cut in 3" rounds. Put on greased baking sheet, put in preheated oven (180C) for 10 - 15 mins.

I tried these today and can report that:

whizzing oats works

the biscuits were pronounced "nice" by fussy DD and "a bit cakey" but "more digestivey after being dunked" by OH

Conclusions reached - I will cook them again, using whizzed oats, but will roll the dough thinner. Hopefully they will then be less "cakey"!

milliemonster

I get through a lot of these (esp when I make cheesecake, yum!) does anyone have a recipe for a home made version?