Bath Oliver

Bath Oliver

A Bath Oliver is a hard, dry biscuit made from flour, butter, yeast and milk; often eaten with cheese. It was invented by a Dr William Oliver of Bath, Somerset around 1750 CE, giving the biscuit its name.

When Dr. Oliver died, he bequeathed to his coachman, Mr. Atkins, the recipe for the famous Bath Oliver biscuit, together with £100 and ten sacks of the finest wheat-flour. Mr. Atkins promptly set up his biscuit baking business and became rich. Later the business passed to a man named Norris who sold out to a baker called Carter. After two further changes of ownership, in the 1950s the Bath Oliver biscuit recipe passed to James Fortt. [ [http://www.cornwall-calling.co.uk/famous-cornish-people/oliver.htm Dr William Oliver, Biscuit Inventor ] ]

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