Dorset knob

[1] Dorset knobs are made from bread dough enriched with extra sugar and butter.

[2] Dorset knobs were said by his parlour maid to have been a favourite food of local author Thomas Hardy.

Today the only firm to produce them commercially is Moores Biscuits, which used to be sited in Morcombelake, four miles west of Bridport in the west of the county of Dorset in England,[2] but has now moved into Bridport itself.

The bakery was established in 1880 by Samuel Moores and manufactures a variety of traditional biscuits in addition to the Dorset knob.

[2] In 2017, the Dorset knob-throwing competition moved from Cattistock to Kingston Maurward House but was cancelled in 2018, the plan being to make it a biennial event from 2019.