1655 traditional scottish oatcakes Recipes

rough oatmeal (or pin head meal from real mills), oatmeal (like the stuff you get in the shops), really fine oatmeal or plain flour, bicarbonate of soda, salt, butter, (melted in microwave ), warm water, garlic granules , or, mixed dried herbs , or, cracked black pepper , or, parmesan and/or hard/dry fine grated cheddar mixed, or, dry roast these spices before adding to your dry oatmeal mixture|: corriander & cumin; caraway & dill tops; black onion seeds, add your choice of flavour during the time when you are mixing the dry ingredients together. don tsp try to use fresh herbs as they will burn., i suggest you try the recipe using half the amounts given just to test the quality of your oatmeal and flour, as this is key to the success of the recipe., also, if your oatmeal becomes too dry to roll out, add a couple of tbsp of hot water into the bowl and blast in microwave for 20-30 seconds, mix together quickly and the oatmeal comes back to being plaiable and easy to roll out.

scottish oatmeal , such as bob s red mill, whole wheat flour, sugar, salt, baking powder, butter or 1/4 cup margarine, melted, water

scottish shortbread recipe, white flour, butter, sugar, ground almonds

quick-cooking oatmeal, salt, baking soda, unsalted butter, milk

shortening, oats or 1 cup quick-cooking, all-purpose flour, baking soda, salt, cold water

flour , sifted, rice flour, superfine sugar, salt, butter, softened

rolled oats, multi-grain rolled cereal (or another cup rolled oats), salt, baking soda, chopped walnuts, chopped pecans, dried apricot, diced, dried cherries, diced, olive oil, egg yolks, dark brown sugar (1/4cup+3tsp), vanilla extract, low-fat milk, white flour

victoria sponge cake, sliced, raspberry jam, cream sherry, drambuie (can substitute brandy), eye custard or 1 (3 oz) package jell-o custard or 1 (3 oz) package egg custard or 1 (3 oz) package vegetarian egg custard, raspberries, bananas, thinly sliced (optional), double cream, caster sugar, toasted almond, to garnish, fresh soft fruit slices, to garnish, milk, double cream, egg yolks, caster sugar, drops vanilla essence

chocolate, butter or 1 lb firm margarine, broken mixed biscuit (cookies), chopped mixed, roasted nuts, vanilla

vegetable stock (600ml or two and a half cups), half pint milk (300ml or 1 and a quarter cups), onion (chopped ), bacon (chopped ), vegetable oil (2 1/2 us tablespoons), potatoes (chopped ), cauliflower, cut into florets, salt and pepper

granulated sugar, water, sweet butter, lemon juice, cream of tartar, vanilla extract, oil , for greasing a baking pan

light corn syrup, butter, flour, caster sugar (superfine sugar), brandy, ground ginger

sugar, salted butter, softened, all-purpose flour, caster sugar, for sprinkling (optional), crushed edible lavender flowers (fresh or dried ) (optional)

waxy potatoes, diced, shelled fresh peas (or frozen peas), cooked beetroots, diced (red beets), salt & freshly ground black pepper, two tsp chopped onion, chopped fresh parsley, four tbsp salad dressing (60ml) or salad cream, fresh parsley (to garnish )

whole wheat flour (175g or 1 1/2 us cups), white flour (175g or 1 1/2 us cups), baking powder, butter (60g or half stick) or 2 oz margarine (60g or half stick), golden syrup, warmed, approximately quarter pint milk (5 fl.oz. or 150ml or generous us half cup), salt

flan pastry dough, apples , to fill the flan case completely, demerara sugar (light brown ), granulated sugar, plum jam, flour, cream, egg, egg whites, salt

oatmeal, whipping cream, powdered sugar, whiskey (not that it could be otherwise if you are using real scotch whisky!), fresh raspberry