Bran Brack

Name: Bran Brack
Total time: 3 h
Cuisine: United Kingdom
Ingredients: but it is impossible to specify the exact quantity as some flour takes up more than others. Half this quantity will make a moderate sized cake.; milk sufficient to make a light paste, about 1¼ pints, or rather less; milk sufficient to make a light paste, about 1¼ pints, or rather less; (1 oz. compressed yeast creamed with a little castor sugar and warm water can be substituted for this); butter 4 oz.; (1 oz. compressed yeast creamed with a little castor sugar and warm water can be substituted for this); (1 oz. compressed yeast creamed with a little castor sugar and warm water can be substituted for this); caraway seeds 2 oz.; small beer yeast 2 tablespoonfuls; castor sugar ½ lb.; eggs 3; Flour 3 lb.

An Original Family Receipt, 1825

Preparation info

Difficulty
Medium
Ready in
3 hr

Appears in

Good Things in England

By Florence White

Published 1932

About

Ingredients

Flour 3 lb.
castor sugar ½ lb.
eggs

Europe
United Kingdom
Bread
Vegetarian

Method

Mix the flour, sugar and caraway seeds together.
Beat up the eggs.
Melt the butter in half a pint of hot milk, add it to the beaten-up eggs;
Measure it; you will want about 1¼