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Gingerbread Parkin

Rub half a pound of butter and half a pound of fresh lard into four pounds of oatmeal, or flour and oatmeal mixed. Add half a pound of brown sugar and an ounce of ground ginger. Mix three pounds and a half of treacle with a cupful of new milk; stir these into the oatmeal. etc., to make a stiff paste, bake in a moderate oven, either in oiled tins or dripping-tins, till brightly browned, i.e. about twenty minutes if baked in patty-pans, and one hour and a half in large dishes. Probable cost, 2s. 6d.