English Digestive Biscuits

Total Time: 35 mins Preparation Time: 20 mins Cook Time: 15 mins

Ingredients

• Servings: 36
• 1/2 cup unbleached all-purpose flour
• 1 1/2 cups stone ground whole wheat flour
• 1 teaspoon baking powder
• 1/2 cup butter, at room temperature (1 stick)
• 3/4 cup confectioners' sugar
• 1/4 cup milk, cold

Recipe

• 1 place dry ingredients in a mixing bowl.
• 2 cut or rub in the butter with a pastry blender, two knives or your fingertips.
• 3 add the sugar and enough milk to make a stiff dough.
• 4 knead this mixture on a flour surface until smooth. all this can be done almost instantly in a food processor.
• 5 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.
• 6 after the dough has chilled, preheat your oven to 350 degrees.
• 7 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.
• 8 place on greased cookie sheets, prick evenly with a fork and bake until pale gold, about 15 to 20 minutes.