Digestives from The British Baking Book: The History of British Baking, Savory and Sweet (page 93) by Regula Ysewijn

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    Can substitute additional oat flour for pecans, and whole grain spelt flour for white whole wheat flour.

  • ShayLRoss on February 16, 2026

    I have made so many variations of digestives, they are all very delicious. I enjoyed including ground pecans and oat flour for this mix, which makes for a hearty cookie. I got in the habit of spreading a thin layer of chocolate on my digestives, but it is very good plain too!

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