Yorkshire Cooking: Parkin
Author: Colin Neville
Recipe type: Baking
- Two mugs of self-raising flour (about 8 oz)
- I mug of light or dark brown sugar
- 2 generous teaspoons of dried powdered ginger
- 0.5 teaspoon of bicarbonate of soda
- 4 oz margarine
- I beaten egg
- 2 tablespoons of black treacle (or molasses)
- I mug of boiling milk
- Mix the dry ingredients
- Chop the margarine in small pieces and add to bowl
- Add treacle
- Pour the boiling milk over ingredients
- Add the beaten egg and mix all ingredients well
- The boiling milk will melt the margarine and blend the treacle into the dry ingredients to make a sticky sponge mix.
- Bake the mix in a square baking tin in a medium hot oven (around mark 6 gas/175 electric fan) for 30 minutes or until firm in the middle.
Recipe by JAQUO Lifestyle Magazine at https://jaquo.com/yorkshire-parkin/
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