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Nutrition Facts
Serving Size 1 (138g) Recipe makes 4 servings
Calories 574
Calories from Fat 250		(43%)
Amount Per Serving		%DV
	Total Fat 27.9g	42%
	Saturated Fat 13.7g	68%
	Monounsaturated Fat 10.0g
	Polyunsaturated Fat 2.4g
	Trans Fat 0.0g
Cholesterol 46mg		15%
Sodium 275mg		11%
Potassium 348mg		9%
Total Carbohydrate 75.5g		25%
	Dietary Fiber 3.0g	11%
	Sugars 20.9g
Protein 7.7g		15%
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Singin' Hinnies - Northumbrian Tea-Time Griddle Cakes/Scones

Recipe #388389 | 40 min | 20 min prep | add private note

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By: French Tart
Sep 2, 2009

Served warm and oozing with butter, these fabulous fruity griddlecakes make a great treat for breakfast or afternoon tea. I remember my grandmother making these when I was little; she lived in a very old stone cottage in Northumberland, and made these on a huge cast iron black griddle, or girdle as they were also called! We used to eat them hot from the griddle, with butter – in front of a roaring wood fire during the winter months. Singin' hinnies are a type of fried fruit scone or griddle cake, so called as they 'sing' and sizzle whilst cooking. 'Hinny' is a Northern term for endearment used especially to children - my grandmother used to call me "hinny". Similar to singin' hinnies are Northumbrian griddle cakes, also known as Gosforth gridies. If you are making them for a children’s party or at Christmas, put coins that have been briefly boiled, then wrapped in greaseproof paper, in the middle of some of the singin’ hinnies.

SERVES 4 -6 , 8 -12 Singin' Hinnies (change servings and units)

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 white vegetable fat
85 g raisins
milk, to bind
fat or drippings, for the griddle
knobs butter

Directions

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.

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From: Darcy, Culinary Explorer

On Sep 18, 2009

First, Thanks for the reviews on my recipes!!! Second, my Grannie used to make these for me when i was little and my mom worked at Race St. Fish Market. ( i was the spoiled first Great-Grandchild) Id ask for these "Breakfast Cakes" everytime my Grannie babysat me, and she always obliged cuz it was THE ONLY WAY id eat raisins!!!! thank you, THANK YOU for the recipe! i hope my own daughter enjoys them as much as i did! ~Darc

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