Singin' Hinnies - Northumbrian Tea-time Griddle Cakes/scones

Total Time: 40 mins Preparation Time: 20 mins Cook Time: 20 mins

Ingredients

• 250 g flour
• 1/8 teaspoon bicarbonate of soda
• 1/8 teaspoon cream of tartar
• 1/4 teaspoon salt
• 60 g butter, at room temperature
• 60 g lard or 60 g white vegetable fat
• 85 g raisins
• milk, to bind
• fat or dripping, for the griddle
• knobs butter

Recipe

• 1 sift together the flour, raising powders and salt.
• 2 rub in the butter and lard/vegetable fat, and then mix in the fruit.
• 3 add enough milk to make a firm dough. roll out, and then cut into rounds of about 3" or 6cm in diameter.
• 4 grease the heated griddle (or a heavy frying pan or skillet) with lard or dripping thoroughly. put on the cakes and turn them when the underneath is a nice mottled brown. keep the singin' hinnies warm in the oven until they are all cooked.
• 5 cut in half and put a big knob of butter in the middle. serve immediately.