This old farmhouse recipe for digestion biscuits creates a crunchy biscuit that is rather similar to a Hovis biscuit or cracker (the sort found in Jacob’s biscuits for cheese tubs), with the texture and flavour of modern digestive biscuits, although these digestion biscuits are much chunkier. They are also rather like a thick Scottish oatcake. …

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This is a homely old country tea bread recipe dating back to at least the 19th century England, when tea breads were prepared with leftover tea from the pot and local honey. Tea breads were enjoyed for tea time alongside an array of home-baked pies, sandwiches, and other tasty savouries. Ingredients The ingredients you will …

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This is a nice and easy everyday farmhouse tea loaf that would look great on any kitchen table. It is perfect for filling up the cake tin and for feeding to guests along with a steaming hot pot of tea. This tea loaf only needs 6 everyday ingredients – hot tea, granulated sugar, mixed dried …

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