Ginger Parkin Biscuits

[JennieAtkinson]

I'm hoping someone can help me here! My husband has lost his recipe for Ginger Parkin Biscuits and I can only find recipes for Parkin Cake when I did a google search.

Does anyone have a biscuit recipe they can recommend. He would be eternally grateful (and so would I!)

PS And if it is measured in cups that would just be the "icing on the cake".

[vgary]

Ginger Parkin Biscuit

I found this recipe; I hope it is close to the one he remembers.
Gary/Louisville, Kentucky USA

Parkin

Parkin is a rich, dark, moist cake flavoured with ginger, and is very popular in the north of England.
350g (12oz) medium oatmeal
110g (4oz) margarine
110g (40z) black treacle (molasses)
110g (4oz) golden syrup (use honey or corn syrup if you can't find golden syrup)
110g (4oz) plain (all purpose) flour
2 tbsp milk
1 tsp ground ginger
50g (2oz) brown sugar
1 tsp bicarbonate of soda
Grated rind of half a lemon

Grease a 28cm (11 inch) by 18cm (7 inch) cake tin and line it with baking parchment or waxed paper, and set your oven to 325°F, 160°C, Gas Mark 3. Blend the oatmeal, flour, grated rind, and ginger in a mixing bowl. Over a low heat, melt the margarine, treacle, syrup (or honey), and sugar. When the margarine has melted, pour the resulting liquid into the dry ingredients and mix thoroughly. Stir the bicarbonate of soda into the milk, then add it to the mixture and beat well to incorporate. Turn the batter into the prepared cake tin and bake for 90 minutes. The cake will be ready when a skewer or sharp knife inserted into the deepest part comes out clean. After removing it from the oven, allow it to cool in the tin for about ten minutes, then take it out and let it cool completely on a wire rack. Parkin tastes best if stored for a few days in an air-tight tin or wrapped in aluminium foil... if you can keep it that long.
www.bbc.co.uk/dna/h2g2/A4888858

LANCASHIRE PARKIN
Recipe for parkin, From "Festivals, Families, and Food"

6 oz plain flour
1 t. salt
1 t. ground ginger
2 t. ground cinnamon
1 t bicarb of soda
10 oz medium oatmeal
6 oz black treacle
5 oz butter
4 oz dark brown sugar
3/4 pint milk
1 egg

Sift together flour. spices, and soda, then add oatmeal and mix lightly. Heat the treacle, butter, sugar and milk together until the butter has melted. Cool slightly, add the egg and beat well. Pour these ingredients into the centre of the dry ones and stir rapidly until smooth. Turn into a greased and 7" square tin. Bake at 350F for one hour. Store in an airtight tin for at least two weeks before using, as this mellows the flavor.
www.ladyshrike.com/cakes.htm