Parkin Recipe
These crispy and crunchy parkins make the perfect snack for any time of the day. Simple and easy to make, try your variations of the recipe.
Ingredients
1/4-lb. Scots medium oatmeal
2 oz. butter
1/4-lb. flour
3 oz. sugar
pinch salt
almonds — whole
2 oz. black treacle
2-tspn. each: ground cinnamon and groundginger
1/4 tspn, mixed peel
1/4-tspn. Bi-carb.
Directions
Sift the flour and rub in butter.
Mix in all dry ingredients and mix to a firm dough with treacle.
Divide into pieces the size of a walnut and place on a greased pan.
Flatten into rounds and place half a skinned almond on top.
Bake in a moderate oven until crisp for about 25 minutes.
Mix in all dry ingredients and mix to a firm dough with treacle.
Divide into pieces the size of a walnut and place on a greased pan.
Flatten into rounds and place half a skinned almond on top.
Bake in a moderate oven until crisp for about 25 minutes.
