Devonshire Splits

Name: Devonshire Splits
Yield: Makes 8
Ingredients: 1 oz (25 g) lard or butter; 1 oz (25 g) lard or butter; ½ level teaspoon salt; 8 oz (225 g) strong plain flour; ¼ pint (1½ dl) clotted cream; 1 teaspoon castor sugar; strawberry jam; ¼ pint (1½ dl) warm mixed milk and water; ¼ pint (1½ dl) warm mixed milk and water; ½ oz (15 g) fresh yeast or 2 level teaspoons dried yeast; ½ oz (15 g) fresh yeast or 2 level teaspoons dried yeast

Preparation info

Makes
8

Difficulty
Medium

Appears in

The Times Cookery Book

By Katie Stewart

Published 1974

About

Ingredients

8 oz (225 g) strong plain flour
½ level teaspoon salt

Dessert
Baking
Vegetarian

Method

Sift the flour and salt into a bowl. Add the lard or butter cut in pieces, and rub into the mixture. Blend the fresh yeast, with the warm milk and water. If using dried yeast, stir the sugar into the hand-hot milk and water. Sprinkle in the yeast and set aside in a warm place for 10 minutes, or until frothy.

Stir the yeast liquid into the centre of the flour and mix together to make a r