Yorkshire Parkin
From The Cook County cook book, 1912
Serves 7
Presented as published in 1912. Historical recipes may not meet modern food-safety standards. Cook from the modern interpretation below, not the original instructions.
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This recipe was extracted from The Cook County cook book (1912) by Associated College Women Workers, page 383. The excerpt below is the record exactly as published.
1/2 lb. butter and ^ lb, lard may be used), ^2 lb, brown sugar. Cream butter and sugar together; add flour. Mix ingredients thoroughly, but add no liquid. Roll thin and cut in small cakes. — Mrs. C. E. MacDarrow, Niles, 111. SWEDISH COOKIES.— Cream together 1 lb. of butter, 1 large cup sugar and 2 eggs, well beaten. Flavor with almond extract, and flour enough to make stiff. Roll and cut. Bake. — Alice E. Nelson, 404 S. 1st Ave., Maywood, 111. SWEET CRACKERS.— Mix 1 cup of lard and U/z K:ups of sugar together; add 2 well-beaten eggs, 1 pt. of sweet milk, 3 tablespoons of baking ammonia, and 5 cents worth of lemon oil, and make a stiff dough. Roll thin as pie-crust, cut in squares and stick with a stiff dough. These crackers will keep for months. — Mrs. J. C. Jeffries, Winnetka, 111, TEA CAKES. — Mix together V/s cups each of molasses and lard; add 1 cup white sugar, 2 eggs, 2 heaping teaspoons of soda, 1 teaspoon each of cinanmon and cloves, 1 qt, of flour, 1 cup water; let stand for 2 hrs. before rolling. — Mrs. Frederic Sharp, 700 S. 3rd Ave., Maywood, 111. 560 CAKE YORKSHIRE PARKIN.— Mix 2 lbs. flour and 1 lb. Scotch oatmeal; add 2 lbs. syrup, Y^ lb. sugar, Yz lb. butter, 1 oz. ginger, 1 teaspoon carbonate soda; add a little milk, if required, a pinch of salt
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