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Strones or oatcakes

Yield: 1 Batch

Ingredients:

• 2 c Oatmeal (not rolled -oats; coarsely -ground oats)
• 1 pn Baking powder
• 1 pn Salt
• 1 ts Bacon fat

Instructions:

Boiling water For hundreds of years in Ulster a large STRONE was made in the shape of a cross to celebrate the feast of St. Brigit. Strones were traditionally served hot and dripping with freshly made butter. Mix the dry ingredients. Melt the fat in a little boiling water and use to mix the other ingredients to a stiff dough. Scatter more oatmeal over it and knead thoroughly. Roll out as thinly as possible in a circle. Put on a baking sheet. Cut a cross on top so that when cooked the oatcake can be easily broken into quarters the traditional FARLS. Bake in a moderate oven (350F Gas 4 180C) for about 20 min. Serve with lots of butter. From: Michael Loo

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