Comments on: Empire Biscuits

By: Lauren

Lauren — Tue, 02 Aug 2011 11:36:53 +0000

Hi Claire, while you are technically accurate, I believe that since 1914 the direction of the two biscuits have diverged, they are no longer the same thing.

Linzer biscuits are defined as two biscuits sandwich with jam, they often have a cut out in the top level. However in the UK Empire biscuits are most often covered with icing, with no cut out. In coffee shops you could order an Empire biscuit or a Linzer biscuit but you would not receive the same biscuit. That is all I was trying to convey.

However thanks for your input

Lauren x

By: CLAIRE

CLAIRE — Tue, 02 Aug 2011 10:16:36 +0000

Empire Biscuits ARE Linzer biscuits. The name was changed during the war as it sound too German.

By: Lauren

Lauren — Thu, 13 May 2010 11:31:03 +0000

@ Hungry Jenny, if you like linzer biscuits then these should be totally your sort of thing! The biggest ones were maybe 3” wide – so pretty big for a sandwich cookie – but I guess if you were hungry…
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By: Hungry Jenny

Hungry Jenny — Wed, 12 May 2010 12:50:26 +0000

Ooh, these sound lovely! I’ve never heard of Empire biscuits before but am a big fan of linzer biccies, mm.

You found the large ones tough to finish? How big were they?!

Hungry Jenny x
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By: Christine

Christine — Sun, 18 Apr 2010 03:03:56 +0000

The images of the biscuits look wonderful. And they look delicious! mmmm

By: denise @ quickies on the dinner table

denise @ quickies on the dinner table — Sat, 17 Apr 2010 14:24:42 +0000

These sound and look lovely – I loved jam sandwich biscuits when I was a child but the icing on top of these make them even more of a treat!