Singin’ Hinnies (Northumbrian Griddle Cakes)
Traditional Northumbrian griddle cakes, lightly sweet and studded with raisins. Best served warm with melting butter, perfect for tea time or breakfast.
This recipe is British style, breakfast, scaled for 8 servings, with 15 min prep and 25 min cook.
Prep: 15 min · Cook: 25 min · Total: 40 min · Serves: 8
Quick cooking notes
- Core ingredients include all-purpose flour, cream of tartar, baking soda, salt.
- Follow all 9 steps in order for the intended texture and doneness.
- Ingredient quantities listed below are for 8 servings.
Ingredients
- 2 cups all-purpose flour
- 1 teaspoon cream of tartar
- 0.5 teaspoon baking soda
- 0.5 teaspoon salt
- 0.5 cup butter (cold, cubed)
- 2 tablespoons lard
- 0.75 cup raisins
- 0.5 cup milk (approximate)
Instructions
- Sift together flour, cream of tartar, baking soda, and salt into a bowl.
- Rub in butter and lard until the mixture resembles breadcrumbs.
- Stir in raisins.
- Add enough milk to form a firm dough.
- Roll out dough and cut into rounds about 6 cm (2.5 inches) wide.
- Heat and grease a griddle or heavy pan.
- Cook cakes until golden brown on one side, then flip and cook the other side.
- Keep warm in oven while finishing the batch.
- Serve warm, split open with butter melting inside.
Nutrition (per serving)
- Calories: 280
- Protein: 5 g
- Fat: 12 g
- Carbohydrates: 38 g
- Sugar: 10 g
- Sodium: 200 mg
Nutrition values are estimates based on stored ingredient totals and serving size.