recipes/derbyshireoatcakes.recipe.md

Derbyshire Oatcakes

Ingredients

• 8 ounces fine oatmeal
• 8 ounces whole-wheat or plain flour
• 1 teaspoons salt
• 0.5 ounces fresh yeast
• 0.75 pints warm milk
• 0.75 pints warm water
• 1 teaspoons sugar

Directions

1. Add salt to flour and oatmeal.

2. Dissolve yeast with a little warm liquid and add sugar. Allow to become frothy.

3. Mix dry ingredients with yeast and rest of warm liquid to make a batter.

4. Cover with clean cloth and leave in warm place for 1 hour.

5. Bake on well-greased griddle. Put enough batter onto griddle to produce an oatcake to a diameter of your choice.

Derbyshire Oatcakes can be around 6 or 7 inches, Staffordshire Oatcakes are more like 9 inches in diameter.

Turn oatcake after 2-3 minutes when upperside appears dry and underside is golden brown, and cook for another 2-3 minutes.

Eat as soon as possible.

Meta

author: BBC Derby

tags: Breakfast, Cakes and Biscuits