Oatcakes (bakestone Recipes)
Servings: 8
Ingredients:
4 oz Medium oatmeal*
1/2 t Salt
1 pn Bicarbonate of soda
2 T Melted bacon fat**
2 fl Hot water***
*Grinding down regular rolled oats slightly in a blender or grinder willbe a help. **Or beef dripping. ***Approximately. — Mix the oatmeal,salt and soda in a bowl. Make a well in the center. Pour in the meltedfat and add enough water to make a stiff dough which can be squeezed intoa ball. [...]
Honey And Cream Scones (bakestone Recipes)
Servings: 8
Ingredients:
6 oz Whole wheat flour
6 oz Plain flour
2 t Bicarbonate of soda
1 t Cream of tartar
1 oz Butter
5 fl Sour cream
4 oz Clear honey
1 Egg
Milk for glazing
Sift the flour, soda, and cream of tartar into a mixing bowl. Cut the fatinto the flour and rub it to a breadcrumb consistency. Miz the sour creamand honey together until the honey is dissolved. Beat in the egg. Make awell in the flour, pour in the liquid and [...]
Drop Scones (bakestone Recipes)
Servings: 8
Ingredients:
4 oz Self-raising flour
2 T Granulated sugar
1 Egg, beaten
5 fl Milk*
*Approximate. — Sift the flour into a mizing bowl and mix in the sugar.Make a well in the center of the flour and drop in the egg. Stir in themilk gradually and mix to a creamy batter. The thicker the batter, thethicker the pancake will be. Heat the bakestone and grease [...]
Swedish Flatbread (bakestone Recipes)
Servings: 8
Ingredients:
8 oz Ground wholemeal flour
8 oz Rye or barley flour
1 t Salt
8 fl Lukewarm water*
*You may need as much as 12 fl total. — Blend the flours together withthe salt. Mix in sufficient water to bind together into a dough — thequantity will depend on the types of flour used. — Beat until doughleaves the sides of the bowl, then turn onto a floured board [...]
Apple And Potato Cake (bakestone Recipes)
Servings: 8
Ingredients:
1 1/2 lb Floury potatoes
3 t Salt
2 oz Butter
4 T Self-raising flour
2 Apples, peeled,cored,chopped
2 T Granulated sugar
3 T Softened butter
The potatoes must be hot and floury, but either eating apples or cookingapples can be used. (Best results with a cooking apple, though.) — Boilthe peeled potatoes in well-salted water. Drain and cover with a cloth to‘dry in their steam’. Sieve or rice into a warmed mixing bowl, and [...]
Potato Cakes (bakestone Recipes)
Servings: 8
Ingredients:
1 lb Cooked floury potatoes
1 t Salt
2 oz Butter, softened
4 T Self-raising flour
1 Butter for filling
Potato cakes are eaten with bacon and sausages. It’s easier to make themwith hot, freshly cooked potatoes. If using cold potatoes, melt thebutter before adding it. Choose a floury type of potato, and boil inwell-salted water. — Drain the cooked potatoes well, then return to lowheat in the same pan: put [...]
Pikelets (bakestone Recipes)
Servings: 8
Ingredients:
8 oz Plain or unbleached flour
1 t Salt
1/2 oz Fresh yeast*
1 t Sugar
5 fl Warm water
1 t Butter
5 fl Warm milk
1 Egg, beaten
*Or 1 1/2 t dried yeast. — These are similar to crumpets — they aremade with a yeast batter, but cooked without rings. — Sift the flour andsalt into a warm bowl. Dissolve the yeast and the sugar in the warmwater. Melt the butter in the warm milk and beat in the [...]
‘English’ Muffins (bakestone Recipes)
Servings: 4
Ingredients:
1 lb All-purpose or bread flour
1 t Salt
1 1/2 T Dry yeast
1 t Sugar
8 fl Warm milk and water
2 oz Butter, melted
(Note: Over here, and in England, these are just called ‘muffins’, andare the ones in the song about the Muffin Man who lives in Drury Lane.They did actually sell them door-to-door every morning in London until theturn of the century or thereabouts.).Sift the flour and salt into a bowl and leave [...]
English Crumpets (bakestone Recipes)
Servings: 4
Ingredients:
4 oz All-purpose flour
4 oz Bread flour
2 t Salt
1/4 oz Fresh yeast
1 t Sugar
1/2 pt Warm milk and water
1 T Vegetable oil
1/2 t Bicarbonate of soda
1/4 pt Warm water
Sift the flours and salty into a warm bowl. Cream the yeast with thesugar. Add the warmed milk and water, then the oil. Stir into the flourto make a batter, and beat vigorously until smooth and elastic. Cover thebowl, put in a warm place and leave it until the mixture rises [...]
Teisin Lap (plate Cake) (bakestone Recipes)
Servings: 4
Ingredients:
8 oz Plain flour
2 t Baking powder
1/2 t Grated nutmeg
2 oz Butter
2 oz Lard
4 oz Soft brown sugar
4 oz Mixed dried fruit
2 Eggs, beaten
1/4 pt Cream, or buttermilk
Sift the flour, baking powder and nutmeg into a mixing bowl. Cut the fatinto the flour and rub it to a breadcrumb-like consistency. Mix in thesugar and dried fruit. Stir in the eggs, and sufficient cream orbuttermilk to make a soft dough. Roll out to 1 inch thick, cut [...]