Jill's Bonfire Night Parkin Recipe

Bonfire night is just around the corner! A delicious super easy warming Parkin is just the treat to share around your bonfire...

PARKIN - makes 16 squares:
Ingredients-
200g butter
1 large egg
4 tbsp milk
200g golden syrup
85g treacle
85g soft brown sugar
100g medium oatmeal
250g self-raising flour
1 tbsp ground ginger
1 tsp mixed spice

METHOD
Step 1 - heat oven to 160c /140 fan/gas 3 .  Butter and line a deep square 22cm tin - beat the egg and milk together with a fork.

Step 2 - gently melt the syrup, treacle, sugar and butter together in a large pan until the sugar has dissolved.  Remove from the heat.

Step 3 - mix together the oatmeal, flour, ginger and mixed spice and stir into the syrup mixture followed by the egg and milk.

Step 4 - pour mixture into tin and bake for 50 min or until the cake feels firm and a little crusty on top. This will keep for 5 days stored in a tin if you can wait that long! Enjoy - sparkler optional 😂