Best Oatmeal Gingerbread Scottish Recipes

OATMEAL GINGERBREAD (SCOTTISH)

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 350°F.
• Line a seven inch square baking pan with greaseproof paper which has been well buttered.
• Melt the 2 ounces butter, sugar and treacle in a saucepan over a low heat.
• Sift the flour and baking soda into a bowl.
• Add the oatmeal and spices.
• Add the melted butter and treacle mixture, beaten egg and the milk to the bowl, stirring well until completely blended.
• Pour into the baking pan and bake about 45 minutes.
• Allow the cake to cool for ten minutes before turning out onto a wire rack.
• Serve with a dollop of sweetened whipped cream or vanilla ice cream.

SCOTS GINGERBREAD (OLD SCOTTISH RECIPE)

Steps:

• 1. Original version: Beat 8 oz. butter to a cream. Mix with 12 oz. flour, 4 oz. oatmeal, 1/2 gill cream. Stir in 12 oz. treacle, 1 oz. green ginger, 4 oz. lemon peel cut into fine shreds. Work the whole into a light dough. Bake in a greased tin for 45 minutes.
• 2. Modern version: Cream the butter. Beat in flour, oats, and cream. Add in sorghum, ginger, and lemon peel. (This looks like a lot of peel. I wouldn't pack it down in the cup.) Combine well.
• 3. Preheat oven to 350-375 degrees. Grease a 9 x 13 inch cake pan. Spread batter into prepared pan.
• 4. Bake at 350 to 375 degrees about 40-45 minutes. Watch carefully so it doesn't burn. Since no temperature was given in the recipe, and temperatures varied greatly back then, it's hard to judge how long to cook it.
• 5. Cool 10 minutes in pan. May cut and serve from pan, or turn out onto serving plate and slice to serve.

YORKSHIRE PARKIN - STICKY OATMEAL GINGERBREAD FOR BONFIRE NIGHT

Steps:

• Pre-heat oven to 170C/340F/Gas 3 to 4. Grease and LINE with baking paper a large roasting tin or Pyrex roasting/lasagne dish - I use a 9" by 14" glass dish for mine.
• Mix the flour, sugar, oats, ground ginger and chopped preserved ginger together in a large mixing bowl. Make a well in the centre.
• Melt the butter in a saucepan and then add the golden syrup and treacle, warm them through but do not allow them to boil.
• Pour the butter mixture from the saucepan into the well in the middle of the dry ingredients. Drop the bicarbonate of soda on top and then sprinkle the vinegar over the soda and watch it fizz.
• Meanwhile, add the milk to the butter and treacle saucepan and heat it up gently - not TOO hot, hand hot is fine.
• Add the milk to the ginger parkin mixture and mix thoroughly. It should be a fairly loose batter. Pour the cake batter into the prepared tin/tray and bake just above the middle of the pre-heated oven for 1 hour. (The parkin is cooked when it springs back when touched and is a dark brown with a sticky-ish surface.).
• Allow it to cool completely in the tin/tray, then cut into slices or chunks and store in an airtight tin for 2/3 days before eating. It can be frozen at this stage too. You can eat it straight away, but it is always better after 2 to 3 days!

GINGERBREAD OATMEAL COOKIES

Steps:

• Whisk together the first 5 ingredients. In another bowl, cream cookie spread, butter and sugars until light and fluffy, 5-7 minutes. Beat in egg and vanilla. Gradually beat in flour mixture; stir in oats. Refrigerate at least 3 hours., Preheat oven to 350°. Bring dough to room temperature. Using a medium cookie scoop, drop mounds of dough on baking sheets lined with parchment or baking mats. Bake until lightly browned, 15-18 minutes, rotating pans halfway through baking time. Cool cookies on pans 5 minutes. Remove to wire racks to cool completely.