Yorkshire Fat Rascals

Name: Yorkshire Fat Rascals
Yield: Makes 12–15
Ingredients: 1 lb / 455 g self-raising flour; ½ tsp salt; 8 oz / 230 g butter, lard or vegetable shortening; 8 oz / 230 g butter, lard or vegetable shortening; 8 oz / 230 g butter, lard or vegetable shortening; 2–3 oz / 60–85 g caster sugar; 3 oz / 85 g seedless raisins, sultanas or mincemeat; 3 oz / 85 g seedless raisins, sultanas or mincemeat; ¾ pt / 140 ml milk; 1 egg; 1 heaped tbsp yoghurt; 3 oz / 85 g seedless raisins, sultanas or mincemeat

Preparation info

Makes
12–15

Difficulty
Easy

Appears in

The Times Cookbook

By Frances Bissell

Published 1995

About

Ingredients

1 lb / 455 g self-raising flour
½ tsp salt

Bread
Baking

Method

Sift the flour and salt together into a bowl, and then rub in the fat. Stir in the sugar and dried fruit or mincemeat. Beat together the yoghurt, egg and milk, and stir into the flour and fruit mixture until just bound together into a soft dough. Quickly roll out the dough on a lightly floured worktop to about ½ in