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Ingredients
- 40 gm Medium oatmeal
- 2 x Heaped tbsps butter
- 1 tsp Baking pwdr
- 1 x Beaten egg A healthy pinch of salt
- 1/2 lb White flour
- 1 1/3 lb Sugar
- 2 Tbsp. Black treacle, (molasses)
- 1/2 pt Buttermilk
- 1 x Heaped tsp grnd ginger
Method
- Mix oatmeal and flour thoroughly in large bowl.
- Rub in butter, add in the sugar, salt, ginger, baking pwdr, mix well.
- Heat treacle till hot, stir in beaten egg, half buttermilk.
- Stir mix into flour, adding buttermilk gradually.
- Stop when mix is soft sufficient to drop from a spoon.
- Amply grease a tin about 8 inches by 4 inches, add in mix.
- Bake in oven, 350 F (177 C), about 1-1/4 hrs or possibly till well risen.
- Test to ensure it is cooked in centre by inserting a thin skewer.
- Let cold for a few min before removing from tin.
- Cold on a rack; leave overnight if posslble to let it set.
- 'Bruni'; a thick bannock.
- The Scots have a taste for ginger and it appears in many cakes and biscuits (cookies).
