Grandma’s English Recipes

1/4 cup lukewarm water
3/4 cup milk
1 teaspoon sugar
two 1/4-ounce packages active dry yeast (5 teaspoons)
3 cups all-purpose flour
1 teaspoon salt
2 ounces cold lard (about 1/4 cup), cut into pieces
jam
clotted cream

2 cups all-purpose flour
1/2 teaspoon salt
1/2 teaspoon baking soda
1 teaspoon cream of tartar
1/2 teaspoon cinnamon
1/2 teaspoon mixed spice
2 tablespoons butter
2 tablespoons castor sugar or superfine sugar
1 tablespoon dark molasses or treacle
1/2 cup milk

12 oz Flour
4 oz Ground rice
2 tsp Baking powder
4 oz Butter
3 oz Sugar
1°12; oz Caraway seeds
2 Eggs - beaten
Milk

1/2 oz fresh yeast
1 tsp sugar
12 oz strong plain flour
7 fl oz warm milk
2 oz melted butter
1 egg

4 cups unbleached all purpose flour
2 ounces salted butter
1/3 cup granulated sugar
2 teaspoons active dry yeast
1 cup warm water
1/2 cup warm whole milk
1/2 teaspoon salt (dissolved in the milk)

Pastry:
2 1/2 cups all-purpose flour
1/2 teaspoon salt
1/2 cup lard 1/2 cup butter
1 egg
1 tablespoon lemon juice
cold water

4 ounces Self-raising flour
2 tablespoons Granulated sugar
1 Egg, beaten
5 fluid ounces Milk
Sift the flour into a mizing bowl and mix in the sugar. Make a well in the center of the flour and drop in the egg. Stir in the milk gradually and mix to a creamy batter. The thicker the batter, the thicker […]

1/2 cup milk
1/2 cup water
30g compressed yeast (fresh)
4 cups Bread flour or white flour
1 level teaspoon mixed spice (or more to taste)
1/2 teaspoon salt
60g butter
1/2 cup caster sugar or brown sugar (best flavour)
1 cup sultanas or currants
1 level teaspoon chopped mixed peel
1 egg
extra flour for kneading