Florence White

Parkin

Preparation info
    • Difficulty

      Medium

    • Ready in

      1 hr 15

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By Florence White

Published 1932

  • About

This is eaten in Lancashire and Yorkshire on November 5th and the following recipe comes from Bolton-le-Moors:

Ingredients

  • Medium oatmeal 8 oz.
  • plain flour 8 oz.
  • butter

Method

  1. Mix the oatmeal, flour and salt well together in a mixing bowl.
  2. Rub the butter into it.
  3. Mix in the spice and baking powder.
  4. Warm the treacle and cream and use them to blend all the dry ingredients.
  5. Leave all night.
  6. Next day bake in a flat dripping tin in a moderate oven for 1 to 1¼ hours. Some people add