A Lincoln biscuit is a circular short dough
biscuit
A biscuit is a flour-based baked and shaped food product. In most countries biscuits are typically hard, flat, and unleavened. They are usually sweet and may be made with sugar, chocolate, icing, jam, ginger, or cinnamon. They can also be ...
of the
shortcake
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variety, most commonly decorated on one side with a pattern of raised dots.
The
McVitie's
McVitie's () is a British snack food brand owned by United Biscuits. The name derives from the original Scottish biscuit maker, McVitie & Price, Ltd., established in 1830 on Rose Street in Edinburgh, Scotland. The company moved to various sites ...
version had the word 'Lincoln' embossed on the center of the biscuit.
Lincoln biscuits are available in
Irish
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Common meanings
* Someone or something of, from, or related to:
** Ireland, an island situated off the north-western coast of continental Europe
***Éire, Irish language name for the isle
** Northern Ireland, a constituent unit ...
supermarkets
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and manufactured by
Jacob's
Jacob's is a brand name for several lines of biscuits and crackers in the Republic of Ireland and the United Kingdom. The brand name is owned by the Jacob Fruitfield Food Group, part of Valeo Foods, which produces snacks for the Irish market. ...
. The basic recipe has come under academic scrutiny
[Baker, J.S.;Boobier, W.J.; Davies, B. ''Development of a healthy biscuit: an alternative approach to biscuit manufacture'' Nutrition Journal March 2006 ][Lawson, R.; Miller, A.R.; Thacker D.: ''Rotary moulded short dough biscuits'': Part 2. The effects of the level of ingredients on the properties of Lincoln biscuits. Flour Milling and Baking Research Association Report (FMBRA) 1981, 93:15-20.] and commercial analysis. In 2004, ''Campden and Chorleywood Food Research Association'' set up a research project to understand the textural properties which influence consumer acceptance of short dough biscuits (e.g. Lincoln type): ingredient functionality will enable the hardness, crunchiness and breakdown properties to be varied and their acceptability measured.
In
Argentina
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,
Kraft Foods
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A merger with Heinz, arra ...
produces ''Galletitas Lincoln'', rectangular Lincoln biscuits with the familiar dot pattern, under the
Terrabusi
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brand name.
Bibliography
*Baker, J.S.; Boobier, W.J.; Davies, B. ''Development of a healthy biscuit: an alternative approach to biscuit manufacture''
Nutrition Journal
The ''Nutrition Journal'' is a peer-reviewed medical journal covering nutrition science. It was established in 2002 and is published by BioMed Central, an imprint of Springer Science+Business Media. Its editor-in-chief is Nehme Gabriel (Central F ...
March 2006, 5:7
*Fearn T.; Miller A.R.; Thacker D.: ''Rotary moulded short dough biscuits'' Part 3: The effects of flour characteristics and recipe water level on the properties of Lincoln biscuits. Flour Milling and Baking Research Association Report (FMBRA) 1983, 102:8-12.
*Lawson R.; Miller A.R.; Thacker D.: ''Rotary moulded short dough biscuits'': Part 2. The effects of the level of ingredients on the properties of Lincoln biscuits. Flour Milling and Baking Research Association Report (FMBRA) 1981, 93:15-20.
*Miller A.R.; Thacker D.; Turrell S.G.: ''Performance of single wheat flours in a small-scale baking test for semi-sweet biscuits''. Flour Milling and Baking Research Association Report (FMBRA) 1986, 123:17-24.
*Lawson R.; Miller A.R.; Thacker D.: ''Rotary moulded short-dough biscuits'' Part 4. The effects of rotary moulder control settings on the properties of Lincoln biscuits. Flour Milling and Baking Research Association Report (FMBRA) 1983, 106:9-17.
References
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External links
Biscuit enthusiasts web-site
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