Yorkshire Parkins

The cake and biscuit book · Douglas, Elizabeth · 1903
Source
The cake and biscuit book
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Not a recipe
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Ingredients (7)
Instructions (8)
  1. Mix the oatmeal and flour together.
  2. Rub in the butter.
  3. Add the spice, sugar and carbonate of soda.
  4. Warm the treacle and pour it on the rest of the ingredients, mixing well.
  5. If the mixture is too dry, add a little melted butter.
  6. It should be rather soft.
  7. Divide into small flat cakes, and bake on greased tins in a slow oven.
  8. Brush over with milk when baked.
Original Text
Yorkshire Parkins ¹⁄₂ lb. oatmeal ¹⁄₄ lb. flour ¹⁄₄ lb. butter 1 oz. mixed spice 6 oz. brown sugar ¹⁄₄ oz. carbonate of soda ¹⁄₄ lb. treacle Mix the oatmeal and flour together. Rub in the butter. Add the spice, sugar and carbonate of soda. Warm the treacle and pour it on the rest of the ingredients, mixing well. If the mixture is too dry, add a little melted butter. It should be rather soft. Divide into small flat cakes, and bake on greased tins in a slow oven. Brush over with milk when baked. [Pg 77] Cakes made with Yeast PAGE Bread Cake 78 Brioche 79 Dough Cake 80 Kugelhupf—I. 80    ”   II. 81 Seed Dough Cake 82 Scotch Bun 82 [Pg 78]
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