Bath Olivers

These were really easy! I was pretty pleased with how they came out too. Perfect with a bit of cheese and some chutney.

Ingredients


500g flour (I used bread flour because that was all I had)


25g butter


125ml milk


125ml water


1/2 tbsp dried yeast

I mixed the dried yeast up with a bit of the milk into a liquid. Then melted the butter in the milk. Once that was done I added the water and finally when it was cool enough (sort of luke warm/room temperature) I mixed the yeast in. I made a well in the flour and poured in the yeast mixture.

I mixed all that up into a smooth dough and wrapped it in some muslin (the recipe suggested a napkin but I had cheese cloth to hand).

After 30 minutes of proving it made quite a tight satisfying parcel.

Next job was to roll it out pretty thin and cut out the biscuits.

I arranged them on a baking tray and pricked them all over with a fork.

I gave them 10 to 15 minutes at 200 deg C (fan assisted). The mixture made 3 full trays and I could have squeezed another tray out of the off cuts if I had been bothered. The ones that browned a little more were the better ones.

Dr Oliver would be proud!