• McVitie's and Walkers

    From JIM WELLER@1:123/140 to RUTH HANSCHKA on Sunday, June 09, 2019 18:09:00
    Quoting Ruth Hanschka to Nancy Backus <=-

    I keep looking for the dark chocolate coated McVitties, but no
    luck. The milk chocolate ones turn up every so often, but
    they're not nearly as good.

    True... I'm thinking what I've seen at Wegmans were the
    Walkers brand... haven't looked for them recently, so don't even
    know if they are still available....

    I've never seen a coated Walker's. The ones I was talking about
    in the International section of the supermarket with the
    British goodies.

    Both brands are British and widely available in Canada. Walkers is
    famous for shortbread and do make a chocolate covered one. They also
    make dozens of other cookies including plain digestive biscuits. I
    don't think they make a chocolate covered kind though. McVitie's
    certainly does, in both the milk and dark versions.

    One could attempt to make one's own.

    Here's a plain digestive biscuit recipe:

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    Title: Digestive Biscuits
    Categories: British, Cookies
    Yield: 2 dozen

    100 g Whole wheat flour
    100 g Oatmeal
    50 g Light brown sugar
    1 ts Baking powder
    1 pn Salt
    100 g Butter
    1 tb Milk

    Pre-heat the oven to 180 C. Mix together all the dry ingredients, and
    rub in the butter to make a bread crumb texture. Now add enough milk
    to create a moist pastry consistency. Refrigerate 15 mins to firm the
    mix.

    This creates a reasonably delicate dough, so it's important to roll
    between sheets of cling film with great care. When 3 mm thick, cut
    into 6-7cms discs, re-rolling trimmings.

    Place the discs on a lightly greased baking sheet and bake in the
    pre-heated oven for 15 to 20 minutes until lightly browned and firm
    to the touch. Remove from the oven and let rest for 5 minutes
    before transferring to a wire rack. They are best kept in an
    airtight container and eaten within 2 or 3 days.

    Recipe by: "At The Table" by Gary Rhodes

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    And here's a simple chocolate dip for cookies you can use:

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    Title: Chocolate Dipped Almond Cookies
    Categories: Chocolate, Cookies, Nuts
    Yield: 8 dozen

    1 c Unsalted Butter
    2/3 c Sugar
    1 lg Egg Yolk
    1 ts Vanilla
    2 c Flour
    1/4 ts Salt
    1 1/3 c Blanched Almonds;
    Finely chopped
    CHOCOLATE DIP:
    9 oz Semisweet Chocolate Chips
    4 1/2 tb Butter
    1 1/2 tb Hot Water

    Cream the butter and sugar until light and fluffy. Add the yolk
    and vanilla, then flour, salt and finely chopped almonds, mixing
    well. Shape the dough into 2 rolls, each 1 1/2 inches in diameter.
    Wrap rolls and refrigerate until firm, about 2 hours.

    Preheat oven to 350 and line baking sheets with parchment paper.

    With a sharp knife, cut the dough into 1/4-inch thick slices.
    Place 1 to 2 inches apart on baking sheets and bake 8-10 minutes,
    just until lightly browned. Cool.

    In the top of a double boiler, melt the chocolate and butter for
    the topping. Add the hot water and stir until smooth. Dip an edge
    of each cookie into the chocolate and cool.

    MMMMM

    Cheers

    Jim

    ... Grandmothers give grandchildren cookies. That is a fact.

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  • From RUTH HANSCHKA@1:123/140 to JIM WELLER on Saturday, June 15, 2019 16:50:12
    I keep looking for the dark chocolate coated McVitties, but no
    luck. The milk chocolate ones turn up every so often, but
    they're not nearly as good.

    True... I'm thinking what I've seen at Wegmans were the
    Walkers brand... haven't looked for them recently, so don't
    even
    know if they are still available....

    I've never seen a coated Walker's. The ones I was talking
    about
    in the International section of the supermarket with the
    British goodies.

    Both brands are British and widely available in Canada. Walkers is
    famous for shortbread and do make a chocolate covered one. They
    also
    make dozens of other cookies including plain digestive biscuits. I
    don't think they make a chocolate covered kind though. McVitie's
    certainly does, in both the milk and dark versions.

    They don't turn up much south of the border. I can get Walker's
    plain shortbread, but rarely the other. I did manage to score some
    dark chocolate McVitties in a job lot store once. Never saw them
    again.

    Title: Digestive Biscuits

    Or just buy graham crackers. They're not the same, but they'll do.
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