I'm so glad you asked.
Parkin is a traditional bread from England, according to Bauer's
Story of the World and
Wikipedia. It has oatmeal, molasses and ginger, along with flour, sugar, baking powder, honey and butter. Apparently, the oatmeal, molasses and ginger are the defining characteristics of
parkin. It is like a soft gingerbread.
We made it for our school history lesson today and the children liked it. We are studying England around the 1500's. Since
haggis is hard to come by in these parts, I decided to give
parkin a try. I'm sure the children were disappointed.
Anyway, here's what it looked like, after we ate about half. Wish you were here to share!
I can't make any bread to save my life! Even my bread machine is giving me grief. Well actually - I can make corn bread, but that's easy.
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