Brown Meal Cakes [Biscuits]

Meal (or bran) was one of the lower grades of flour, and rarely used for bread. However, its nutty flavour and nutritional value made it ideal for a particular type of biscuit, namely those aimed at the health market. The term ‘digestive biscuit’, meaning a biscuit made with wholemeal flour, was first coined in the early Victorian period, usually accompanied by somewhat spurious health claims. By the time Avis wrote several recipes involving wholeme