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How to make Digestive Biscuits at home (Mcvities Biscuits at home)
🥄 Prep: 15 min
🔥 Cook: 10 min
🍽 Serves: 2 servings
Real ingredients, real goodness — these homemade digestive biscuits are crunchy, wholesome, and completely addictive.
Why You’ll Love This Recipe
If you have ever wanted to recreate that satisfying crunch of a Mcvities digestive biscuit right in your own kitchen, you are in for a treat because this simple homemade version is so much better than the store-bought one. Neetu Sirigiri, MasterChef India Telugu Top 8 finalist and the heart behind Bake With Neetu, brings you this wholesome, eggless recipe that you will want to make again and again.
Made with atta and quick oats, these biscuits are packed with dietary fiber that supports healthy digestion and keeps you feeling full for longer. With no refined sugar and no eggs, they are a guilt-free snack you can enjoy any time of the day, whether with your morning chai or as an evening treat.
- ✅ Made with whole wheat atta instead of refined flour, these biscuits are rich in fiber and nutrients that support gut health and steady energy levels.
- ✅ Quick oats add a hearty texture while also providing beta-glucan, a powerful fiber known to help lower cholesterol and keep your heart healthy.
- ✅ Brown sugar is used in place of refined white sugar, giving a gentle caramel depth of flavor along with trace minerals that white sugar simply does not offer.
- ✅ This recipe is completely eggless and uses no protein powder, making it a clean, high-fiber, real-food snack that the whole family can enjoy without any worry.
Ingredients You’ll Need
(Full measurements in the recipe card below)
Dry Ingredients
- • 100g atta / whole wheat flour — base and fibre
- • 100g quick oats — texture and protein
- • 50g brown sugar — natural sweetness
- • 1 tsp baking powder — light crisp bite
- • pinch of salt — balances flavour
Wet Ingredients
- • 100g unsalted butter — rich and flaky
- • 2-3 tbsp milk — binds the dough
Substitutions
| Ingredient | Swap |
|---|---|
| quick oats | rolled oats blended briefly |
| brown sugar | jaggery powder |
| milk | oat milk or almond milk |
How to Make It — Step by Step
Blend Oats
Pulse quick oats in a blender for 10 seconds to get a coarse flour. Do not make it too fine.
Mix Dry
Combine atta, blended oats, brown sugar, baking powder, and salt in a bowl and mix well.
Rub Butter
Add cold butter cut into cubes and rub into the dry mix until it resembles breadcrumbs.
Form Dough
Add milk one tablespoon at a time and bring the dough together. It should be firm, not sticky.
Bake
Roll out, cut into rounds, prick with a fork, and bake at 180 degrees C for 18 to 20 minutes until golden.
Tips for the Best Result
After mixing, refrigerate the dough for 20 to 30 minutes so it firms up and is easier to roll and cut without crumbling.
For a smoother, more classic digestive texture, pulse the quick oats in a blender a few times before adding them to the dough.
The biscuits will feel soft when they come out of the oven but will crisp up as they cool, so remove them as soon as the edges turn golden.
How to Store
Frequently Asked Questions
Yes, but blitz them first to get a finer texture closer to the original digestive biscuit.
Atta and oats both contain gluten, so this recipe is not gluten free as written.
Yes, jaggery powder works as a one to one substitute and adds a lovely caramel depth of flavour.
Add milk one tablespoon at a time until the dough just comes together without being sticky.
Nutrition Per Serving
| Nutrient | Per Serving (2 servings) |
|---|---|
| Calories | — |
| Protein | — |
| Carbohydrates | — |
| Fiber | — |
| Fat | — |
| Sugar | — |
Estimates only — values vary with exact brands used.
Ingredients
- → 100 grams unsalted butter
- → 100 grams atta/ whole wheat flour
- → 100 grams quick oats
- → 1 tsp of baking powder
- → 50 grams brown sugar
- → 2-3 tbsp of milk
- → Pinch of salt
Instructions
- 1. Pulse quick oats in a blender for 10 seconds to get a coarse flour. Do not make it too fine.
- 2. Combine atta, blended oats, brown sugar, baking powder, and salt in a bowl and mix well.
- 3. Add cold butter cut into cubes and rub into the dry mix until it resembles breadcrumbs.
- 4. Add milk one tablespoon at a time and bring the dough together. It should be firm, not sticky.
- 5. Roll out, cut into rounds, prick with a fork, and bake at 180 degrees C for 18 to 20 minutes until golden.
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