Yorkshire Parkin

Name: Yorkshire Parkin
Prep time: 10 min
Cook time: 45 min
Total time: 55 min
Yield: 4 servings
Cuisine: British
Ingredients: 125g butter; 125g golden syrup; 125g black treacle; 125g dark brown sugar; 175g medium oatmeal; 175g self-raising flour; 2 tsp ground ginger; 1 tsp cinnamon; 1/2 tsp bicarbonate of soda; 1 egg; 3 tbsp warm milk

The traditional Yorkshire parkin — stickier and darker than gingerbread, and better for it. Wrapping it and letting it sit for a few days is genuinely part of the recipe; parkin gets stickier and more flavourful with age.

Total time

55 min

Prep

10 min

Cook

45 min

Difficulty

easy

Cuisine

British

vegetarian

Ingredients

125gbutter

125ggolden syrup

125gblack treacle

125gdark brown sugar

175gmedium oatmeal

175gself-raising flour

2 tspground ginger

1 tspcinnamon

1/2 tspbicarbonate of soda

1egg

3 tbspwarm milk

Instructions

Melt butter, syrup, treacle and sugar over low heat.

Beat in egg and warm milk.

Mix oatmeal, flour, ginger, cinnamon and bicarb. Stir into the liquid.

Pour into a lined 23x23cm tin.

Bake at 160°C for 40-45 minutes. Cool and wrap in greaseproof paper. Keep 3-5 days.

Nutrition (estimated)

Per serving, based on a standard 4-serving portion and standard nutrition references — not a lab or USDA-verified measurement.

Calories

505

Protein

6.5g

Fat

27.4g

Carbs

60.1g

Fiber

1.7g

Sodium

473mg

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