Replacement for digestive biscuits/graham crackers?

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I am going to make a cheesecake but I bought the wrong base for it. I want to make good use of the ingredients that I bought. Does cream crackers make good cheesecake base? Or should I make my own base?



Best Answer

Cream crackers are savory, not sweet, so they wouldn't be a good choice for a cheesecake base. Their consistency also isn't right for a cheesecake base, you would be best off getting the right kind of crackers or biscuits for the base. As for the cream crackers they are typically eaten with cheese on top or some other sort of topping, or you can crush them up and use them as breadcrumbs.




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Quick Answer about "Replacement for digestive biscuits/graham crackers?"

If you're looking to replace digestives in dessert recipes then you can use Graham crackers, BelVita, Marie biscuits, Hobnobs, shortbread, ginger biscuits, or Oreos. Although not a perfect match, they are all delicious crushed and incorporated into a cheesecake base.

Can you substitute digestive biscuits for graham crackers?

First off, try digestive biscuits. They're really very similar cookies/crackers/biscuits, and it's a common enough substitution that it's even mentioned on Wikipedia.

What can I use to substitute graham crackers?

5 Fun Alternatives to Graham Cracker Crusts
  • Crisp Cookies. Remember that graham crackers are really just cookies, so anything in that family will work well. ...
  • Ice Cream Cones. ...
  • Cold Cereal. ...
  • Pretzels. ...
  • Coconut Macaroons.


Are digestive cookies graham crackers?

What Are Digestive Biscuits? Digestive biscuits are used in an interchangeable way as graham crackers in the U.S. They are best described as whole wheat shortbread, and are crisp like shortbread and equally as buttery.



HOW TO MAKE DIGESTIVE BISCUITS - Similar to Graham Crackers




More answers regarding replacement for digestive biscuits/graham crackers?

Answer 2

You could but, after finely crushing them, you would need sugar and a bit of salt, along with the melted butter. To resemble digestives, you might want to use muscovado (or demerara, turbinado).

There are cheesecake versions that have bases that are not particularly sweet and are made dough-like, from flour, sugar, butter, and eggs. Here's an example of one you can make from pantry ingredients.

While I've used all sorts of baked cookies/biscuits for my bases, my favorite, and the one that gets rave reviews, uses shortbread and my go-to brand is Walker's. For proportion, I use about 150 grams to 3 tablespoons of melted butter.

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