Name: Lancashire Parkin
Total time: 2 h
Cuisine: United Kingdom
Ingredients: Oatmeal (medium) 1½ lb.; butter or margarine ½ lb.; brown sugar ½ lb.; treacle 1 lb.; ground ginger 1 teaspoonful; ground allspice one teaspoonful.

Mix the dry ingredients together.

Heat the treacle and butter sufficiently to melt the latter.

Mix well.

Leave to stand all night.

Next day put into a shallow baking tin (well greased) and bake in a cool oven for about 2 hours. It is done when the parkin springs back when an impression is made with the finger.

Lancashire Parkin

This has been very kindly sent by Mrs. Stocks, of Durham

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