Pimp That Snack

Biglets

by LadyV and SoopDogg 8 photos Rated 86% 299 votes when voting closed

Ingredients

1 pack of wholemeal bread mix
1 egg
2 tsp Marmite
1 pack of Twiglets (for comparison)

Wholemeal bread mix, one egg, a jar of Marmite and a bag of Twiglets on a wooden surface

It’s time for a savoury snack from the LadyV and Soop Dogg camp. Goodbye Twiglets. Hello BIGLETS!

Twiglets are just that… twigs… and not very big ones either. The true devotee of the Snack Pimp is looking for something bigger and better, so what could be better than Twiglets the size of sticks?

Step One:

A quick perusal of the ingredients showed that essentially a Twiglet is little more than wholemeal bread coated with yeast extract (and therefore probably quite good for you… who’d a thunk it?). It’s time to get in the mix with erm… the mix…

Water and a spoonful of Marmite added to wholemeal bread mix in the food processor bowl

Step Two:

Doh! I mean, dough! I mean… woo-hoo! The key is not to let the dough rise (we’re not making baguettes) and not to knead it too much. Separate off into chunks ready for rolling.

Five lumpy sausages of wholemeal dough resting on a floured wooden board

Rollin’ in my 5-point-0! Roll the chunks between stretched out fingers to get the all-important knobbly texture and then stick ’em in a well hot oven (see Delia’s How To Pimp An Egg for more details on temperatures) to bake for about 10 minutes.

Knobbly dough sticks stretched along a baking tray inside the oven

Step Three:

Just beat it – the egg that is – and mix in a bowl with 2 teaspoons of Marmite to create the amazin’ glaze. Get the branches back out of the oven and coat liberally with the yeasty-eggy varnish… tastes as good as it sounds!

Beaten egg poured onto a spoonful of Marmite in a white bowl to make the glaze

Marmite glaze brushed onto a baked dough stick with a pastry brush on the tray

Back in the oven for a further 10 minutes to ensure a nice finish on the Marmite-based Ronseal.

Step Four:

Take out of the oven and allow to cool. Place in a suitable bowl and position next to a bowl of standard-sized Twiglets to show them up for the puny impostors that they really are.

Plateful of glossy giant Biglets beside a small bowl of ordinary Twiglets for scale

WARNING! To eat your Biglets it is advised that you arm yourself with a suitable tool (hatchet, hacksaw etc.) to chop them down to size.

Hands sawing a giant Biglet with a coping saw beneath a mocked-up Biglets packet logo

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