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Swiss traditional hard spice biscuit made of honey, almonds, candied peel, and Kirsch. The dough is cut into rectangles while it is still hot and a sugar glaze is then added on top. Bath Oliver: United Kingdom (Bath, England) Hard dry biscuit made from flour, butter, yeast and milk and often eaten with cheese.
Fisher's recipe included 1 quart of sifted flour, 1/3 cup of pure lard, 1/3 cup of butter, 1 cup of sweetened water, and salt to taste. Ingredients are mixed thoroughly and beaten for 15 minutes to make biscuits light and fluffy. [6] Fisher said beating the biscuits was meant to, "put life into them." [6]
Confectionery is the art [1] [2] of making confections, or sweet foods. [1] [2] Confections are items that are rich in sugar and carbohydrates although exact definitions are difficult. [3] In general, however, confections are divided into two broad and somewhat overlapping categories: bakers' confections and sugar confections. [4]
In 1987, Gervais Danone acquired European biscuit manufacturer Générale Biscuit, owners of the LU brand, and, in 1989, it bought out the European biscuit operations of Nabisco, [21] The operation included UK manufacturers Huntley and Palmers, Peek Frean, and Jacob's, which had previously merged to form Associated Biscuits Ltd. [22] [23]
Tunnock's was formed by Thomas Tunnock (b. 1865) as Tunnock's in 1890, when he purchased a baker's shop in Lorne Place, Uddingston. [5] The company expanded in the 1950s, and it was at this time that the core products were introduced to the lines, when sugar and fat rationing meant that products with longer shelf-lives than cakes had to be produced.
Ceylon Biscuits Limited (branded CBL, commonly called Munchee) is a Sri Lankan food manufacturer, the maker of Munchee biscuits and one of the oldest biscuit makers in Sri Lanka. The company owns 60% of the domestic market share in Sri Lanka.
Shrewsbury biscuits are popular in India, where they are locally produced in the Kayani Bakery located in Pune, Maharashtra. [7] [8]A popular biscuit in New Zealand is also called a Shrewsbury biscuit, but this is similar to a Jammie Dodger in the UK and has no known relation to the original Shrewsbury biscuit except in name.
The fat content of milk is the proportion of milk, by weight, [1]: 266 made up by butterfat. The fat content, particularly of cow 's milk, is modified to make a variety of products. The fat content of milk is usually stated on the container, and the color of the label or milk bottle top varied to enable quick recognition.