Arnott family breathes new life into historic Morpeth bakehouse where biscuit empire began

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Arnott's biscuits have been a foundation in Australian cellar, lunch boxes and tea carts for 160 years. However, story of famous biscuit brand began about 20 years ago on banks of Hunter River, where original Arnott's oven was still managed by family and is open for business. The historical Arnott's Baked house in Morpeth is still working After visiting town Morpeth near Maitland in 2001, Steve Arnott inspired to follow footprints of his family, and he bought historic Bakehouse, founder Arnott, Great-Big-Big-Great Bab. "It was an antique store at the time, and we turned him into a oven."Said. "I'm a sixth generation baker, so I thought-why don't you continue the tradition?" A food scientist Steve and his wife Allison assumed the task of restoring the oldest Scotch oven in Australia. Scotch furnaces are firearm commercial ovens made of bricks with a arched ceiling. In 1847, the oven in Morpeth Bakery was used to cook the first Arnott's biscuits, but later they were very similar to sweet treats that started Arnott's empire. The original biscuits made of flour, water and salt were far from Monte Carlos and Tim Tams in stores today. This Scotch Oven was built in 1838 and was used to cook the biscuits of the first Arnott "William was famous for his 'biscuits' or a harsh adhesion of his ship, which lasted forever and feeds the sailors with long journeys."Said. "They were so hard that you'd have dip in milk or water to make them soft enough make eat." Installing Youtube content From hunter to shops around the world William Arnott emigrated from Scotland the 1840s and eventually settled in Morpeth, where he opened his first oven 1847 on the Hunter River. William Arnott opened the first oven in Morpeth At that time, the largest river port in the Morpeth region and Arnott's ships were high in demand. "Long ships would go up from England and America, the river, and this was the target." "MorPeth was a moving harbor town in the 1800s. Trains, bars ... Thousands of people lived here." The Avcı River was an important connection with the rest of the world for William Arnott, but it would also be its greatest difficulty. After a few destructive floods, in 1865, he moved to Newcastle with 14 kilos in his pocket with his family. The oven is located on the banks of the Hunter River in Morpeth. Initially, in 1875, he founded Arnott's Steam Biscuit Factory and began to sell products in the oven, including sweet biscuits from a bakery store before he became really dominating the biscuit market. In the late 1880s, Arnott's was one of the largest employers in Newcastle, and 300 staff produced more than 80 biscuits, including famous milk arrows. Then in 1894, the first Sydney factory began to operate and Arnott became an empire. William Arnott's Union Street was taken in 1900 by a photo of the Steam Biscuit Factory in Newcastle. The future of Arnott's oven in MorPeth The original Arnott in Morpeth has a new l