Ingredients:

Method:

200 g medium ground oatmeal

25 g plain flour 0.5 tspn salt
0.5 tspn baking powder

50 g butter 50 g caster sugar
75 -90 ml hot water 50 g currants

Heat and prepare the girdle or heavy based frying pan as described in the Cooking Dictionary. Place Oatmeal, flour, salt, sugar and baking powder in a bowl and rub in the butter until the mixture resembles breadcrumbs. Stir in the dried fruit. Add the water a tablespoon at a time until a soft dough forms. Turn onto a board scattered with oatmeal, and knead lightly. Roll dough to 6mm thick and cut into squares, rounds or wedges. Bake on a griddle for 5 minutes, turn and bake a further 5 minutes.Serve with lashings of butter and home made jam.