Moggy
1 1/2 lb Plain flour 3 ts Baking powder 6 oz Lard 6 oz Margarine 8 oz Golden syrup 8 oz Sugar Salt Milk as necessary Mix together the flour, salt and baking powder. Rub in the fats...
Ingredients
- 11/2 lb plain flour
- 3tsp baking powder
- 6ozlard
- 6ozmargarine
- 8ozgolden syrup
- 8ozsugar
Directions
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1 1/2 lb Plain flour 3 ts Baking powder 6 oz Lard 6 oz Margarine 8 oz Golden syrup 8 oz Sugar Salt Milk as necessary Mix together the flour,
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Rub in the fats, add the sugar and syrup
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Mix to a stiff dough with milk
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Shape into two pieces 1½" thick
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PLce on a greased baking tin and bake in a moderate oven for about 25 mins, until firm and light brown
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Cut and serve thickly buttered
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Remarks: This recipe can be found in many very old books, and may have come form the Old Norse language, where a heap of corn was known as M
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The word can be traced back through early English, where corn was refered to as Muge and later Muga