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Dec 2023
7:50pm, 7 Dec 2023
38,308 posts
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Ocelot Spleens
Pinhead oatmeal.....
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Dec 2023
8:22pm, 7 Dec 2023
62,597 posts
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Derby Tup
I've just been reading back through old posts from spring 2020. I'd forgotten how much fun we had and what amazing produce was made on a daily basis. Thanks all 
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Dec 2023
9:13pm, 7 Dec 2023
4,183 posts
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jacdaw
I go for 75% black treacle / 25% golden syrup, and only ginger. A bit of pinhead oatmeal to give some more texture in with the medium oatmeal. Brown sugar, butter.
Never managed to keep it long enough to be at its best. Wife likes it on bonfire night, and prefers it a bit paler than me. It is never gingery enough for either of us. She should know best as she is an authentic yorkshirewoman, and I am not.
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Dec 2023
9:35pm, 7 Dec 2023
65,379 posts
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LindsD
Defo treacle. Must find my recipe, which is my Mum's
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Dec 2023
9:37pm, 7 Dec 2023
4,184 posts
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jacdaw
Is it a Christmas tradition anywhere? Do I need an excuse to make some? I could say it was traditional Yorkshire lebkuchen.
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Dec 2023
9:40pm, 7 Dec 2023
65,380 posts
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LindsD
Bonfire night really but you could just be late
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Dec 2023
10:15pm, 7 Dec 2023
22,159 posts
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Sharkangel
I suppose bonfire night - like treacle toffee - but we had it all year round. Lancashire parkin (we're Manchester) is reckoned to be paler but Mum never claimed there was anything regional about it.
Thing about black treacle/ molasses is that it has a lot more taste than golden syrup. Golden syrup is lovely but not tangy like the dark stuff.
I think traditionally it was made with lard.
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Dec 2023
10:17pm, 7 Dec 2023
62,600 posts
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Derby Tup
I'd always thought parkin was associated with Bonfire night. It's not a Midlands thing though; at least I don't remember it being
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Dec 2023
12:08am, 8 Dec 2023
12,806 posts
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sallykate
I just love black treacle - used to eat it on toast when I was a kid. And obvs favour it in anything baked. Molasses is slightly different I think?
This has got me hankering to bake parkin...the darker and chewier, the better.
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Dec 2023
6:37am, 8 Dec 2023
6,781 posts
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Little Miss Happy
Definitely Bonfire Night. I try and leave it at least a week before cutting. It's also very nice as pudding with custard or as a base for a trifle.
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Bread machine recipes?
Jun 2023