As a kid I grew up in the North East of England in an area that once was part of Northumbria, but is now County Durham. Singing Hinnies are a well known local treat, but traditionally they are made with dried fruit. I remember well the blustery days playing in fields & scrambling up verges to fill up a bowl or bag with wild fruit, wild blackberries & "bleeberries" were always a favourite & in the Autumn as kids it was our job to bring them home for baking - I remember always being sent off with the warning - "don't pick where a dog can cock its leg & remember just because a dog can't get in there - foxes cock legs too" :)
My wonderful great Aunt Lizzie was a baker, famous locally for her fantastic "Stottie" which she sold to the whole village, this foragers twist on the traditional Singing Hinny, is a family recipe passed to me as a small child by her. I can still see her face & smell the wonderful aroma from her old style hoop handled griddle pan as they sizzled & sang on that open fire :) even then she still cooked & baked everything on an old style black range.
Bramble Hinnies
These are very simple griddle scones, made with wild foraged blackberries & are a tasty, quite nutritious take on a traditional North East English recipe.
They are also a great simple little recipe to make with the kids.
INGREDIENTS
200g Plain Four
100g Butter.
50g aprox of Wild Brambles.
1/4 tsp Salt.
Tsp of Baking Powder.
A mixture of aprox 100ml of half Milk & half Creme Frais
(traditionally it should be half cream, but this tweak helps lower the fat/cholesterol content without harming the flavour)
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