Bath Oliver - Wikipedia
A Bath Oliver is a hard, dry biscuit or cracker [1] made from flour, butter, yeast and milk; often eaten with cheese. It was invented by physician William Oliver of Bath, Somerset around 1750, giving the biscuit its name.
The Bath Oliver Preservation Society
We are a society for the purpose of preserving the original Bath Oliver. We do outreach and education to support, bolster and maintain the tradition of the Bath Oliver biscuit.
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The biscuits were designed as a diet biscuit for his obese clients who were taking the waters in Bath. He died leaving his secret recipe, £100 and some sacks of flour to his coachman, Atkins.
Foods of England - Bath Olivers
Very low bake white wheatflour biscuits, slightly raised with yeast, unsweetened and lightly salted, typically 3ins diameter and 1/4ins thick with prick-marks all over the surface. It is said that Dr. William Oliver (1695–1764) invented them as a type of digestive biscuit for patients taking Bath’s restorative waters.
Bath Oliver Biscuit Recipe - chefjoebartlett.com
Georgians would eat these biscuits, along with drinking the Roman Bath mineral water, for a cure to many ailments. With 43 minerals in the water and a fairly bland cracker, it would have acted as a sort of detox during an era of rich diets. Combine the yeast and water and set aside for 10 minutes to bloom.
Bath Olivers – The Nosey Chef
The tasty buns proved too much for the rheumy patients so Dr Oliver invented a flatter, less-rich, biscuit version and named it ‘Bath Oliver.’ Upon his demise, Dr Oliver bequeathed the recipe for the biscuits along with a few sacks of flour to his coachman, Mr Atkins.
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