Just in time for biscuit week, supermarket Aldi has released a series of brand-new recipes that you are not going to be able to resist! Whether you want to satisfy your savoury tooth with Aldi's Herb and Cheese Biscuits, or you fancy something a little sweeter in the form of Aldi's Vegan Jammy Dodgers, both make the perfect afternoon snacks to share with your family and friends.

Aldi's Herb and Cheese Biscuits

Ingredients

170g Salted Butter, at room temperature

50g Mature Cheddar Cheese

25g Parmigiano Cheese

220g Plain Flour

50g Ground Almonds

5g Fresh Chopped Herbs

Black Pepper

Extra Herbs, to garnish

Method

Pre-heat the oven to 180°C/350°F/Gas Mark 4.

Finely grate the cheddar and the Parmigiano cheese. In a bowl, add the flour and the ground almonds, season with some black pepper and mix well. Chop the butter into small chunks and rub into the flour mixture. Add the chopped herbs and the grated cheese and rub in with your fingers until you achieve a soft dough.

Roll out on a floured surface to the thickness of a pound coin. Cut into shapes with your favourite cutter. Carefully put onto greased baking sheets and cook for 12-15 minutes.

After baking, decorate with small sprigs of herbs whilst still warm.

Allow to cool then serve. Delicious on their own or serve with a cheese board.

Aldi's Vegan Jammy Dodgers 

Ingredients

250g plain flour

150g ground almonds

120ml melted coconut oil

120ml maple syrup

20ml vegetable oil

2 tsp vanilla essence

1 tsp baking powder

Pinch of salt

Specially Selected raspberry conserve

Icing sugar to sprinkle

Biscuit cutters – approx 5cm and a smaller one to make a whole in the centres (use round, star or any shape you like)

Method

Preheat the oven to 170c/325f/gas3

Put the flour, ground almonds, baking powder and salt into a bowl and whisk well with a balloon whisk

In another bowl mix the coconut oil, maple syrup, vanilla essence and vegetable oil together

Pour this mixture into the dry mix and mix well

Allow to rest a while, then roll out to the thickness of a pound coin

With your chosen cutters – cut out 40 biscuits

Cut a small hole in the centre of 20 of them. If you want you can emboss the top of the biscuits

Using a palette knife transfer to lightly greased baking sheets – allow a little space between them

Bake for 7- 10 mins – till the edges are just browning

Allow to cool

Then add ½ teaspoon jam on top of the whole biscuits – then top them with the cut out biscuit

Sprinkle with some icing sugar and serve

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For more information, please contact the Aldi Consumer Press Office on:

T: +44 207 693 6995 or E: aldi@welcometofrank.com

Notes to editors:

Aldi is Britain's fifth largest supermarket with 880 stores and more than 34,000 employees.

Aldi is attracting hundreds of thousands of new customers every year with its range of exclusive brands, passing low operating costs on to customers in the form of low prices.

The supermarket believes in making every day amazing and that's why every single day Aldi delivers on the best possible value for millions of families throughout the UK and Ireland across everything from award-winning fresh produce to world class gin.

Aldi won't be beaten on price; consistently racks up award after award for quality; treats its suppliers with fairness and respect and recognises the responsibility of supporting valued institutions such as Team GB to demonstrate the importance of health and wellness. That's Aldi. That's everyday amazing. The reason they do this? Because Aldi believes that everyone should have access to fresh, healthy, affordable food…it's a right, not a privilege.

The company's current achievements and initiatives include:

• Aldi is the UK's lowest priced supermarket. Research released by Which? in July showed customers doing a full shop at Tesco will currently spend 23% more than they would for the same goods at Aldi. And those shopping at Sainsbury's would have spent 30% more than at Aldi. It tracked the price of nearly 80 essential items at the UK's eight biggest supermarkets throughout June 2020.
• Aldi has a five-year partnership with Teenage Cancer Trust – its fundraising target of £5m will go towards helping the trust toreach out to every young person with cancer in the UK. 
• Aldi's rates of pay are significantly higher than the Government's National Living Wage and also above the Living Wage Foundation's recommended national rates. Store Assistants receive a minimum hourly rate of £9.40 nationally and £10.90 in London. 
• Aldi is the official supermarket partner of Team GB and ensures every member of the team has access to fresh healthy Aldi food via monthly shopping vouchers, and that 1.2 million 5-14 year olds will learn about the benefits of cooking fresh, healthy food via its Get Set to Eat Fresh education initiative. Aldi has been a partner since 2015 and has extended its commitment tothe 2024 Olympic games in Paris.
• In May 2020, for the seventh consecutive year, Aldi was ranked the best-performing supermarket for compliance with the Groceries Supply Code of Practice, underlining its commitment to maintaining fair, predictable and sustainable prices within its supply chain.

Full details of Aldi's awards and achievements are detailed at www.aldi.co.uk/awards