Orkney broonies

1 Batch

Ingredients

QuantityIngredient
** British Measurements **
8ouncesFine oatmeal
4ouncesSelf-rising flour
5ouncesGolden syrup
2ouncesBlack treacle
4ouncesBrown sugar
2teaspoonsGround ginger
4ouncesButter or margarine
½teaspoonBicarbonate of soda
5ouncesButtermilk
1Egg
pinchSalt

Directions

This easy recipe is very similar to the Parkin of Northern England and is really a type of gingerbread.

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Directions:

Preheat the oven to 350øF / 180øC / gas mark 4.

Mix the meal and flour and rub in the butter. Add the other dry ingredients and combine thoroughly. Mix together the syrup, treacle, egg and buttermilk and stir into the dry ingredients. Pour into a greased and lined 8-inch square tin, and bake for about 35 minutes.

When cool, cut into squares and store in a tin for a week before eating. ** Scottish Home Baking ** by Judy Paterson Lindsay Publications, Glasgow 1993 ISBN = 1-898169-00-4 Scanned and formatted for you by The WEE Scot -- pol mac Griogair