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title: "\"Parlies\" · Rampant Scotland"
description: "Traditional Scottish Recipes - \"Parlies\" or \"Scottish Parliament Cakes\" Not cakes at all, but small biscuits which were first supplied to the gentry and Members"
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# "Parlies" · Rampant Scotland

Recipes

# "Parlies"

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*Traditional Scottish Recipes*
 *- "Parlies" or "Scottish Parliament Cakes"*

*Not cakes at all, but small biscuits which were first supplied to the gentry and Members of the Scottish Parliament from a shop called "Luckie Fykie" in Waverley, Edinburgh.*

Ingredients:
 8oz plain flower (2.5 cups)
 4oz butter or margarine
 4oz brown sugar
 1 egg
 4oz or 2 tablespoons treacle (molasses)
 2 teaspoons ground ginger

Method:
 Mix the flour, ginger and sugar thoroughly. Melt the butter in a saucepan and add the treacle and bring to the boil, stirring continuously. Turn off the heat and add the other ingredients, mixing vigorously with a wooden spoon. When it has cooled sufficiently to handle, scoop up a small quantity of the mixture with a dessertspoon and push off with a teaspoon onto a well greased baking tray or sheet. Flatten slightly with a fork and leave space between each one to allow it to spread. Cook at 160C/325F/Gas Mark 3 for 25/30 minutes. Use a palette knife to lift the biscuits off the tray and store in an air-tight container.

## Source

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