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Ancient Sweet Griddle Cakes

Ancient Sweet Griddle Cakes is a reconstructed Ancient recipe for a wheat flour griddle cake sweetened with honey. The full recipe is presented here and I hope you enjoy this classic Ancient version of: Ancient Sweet Griddle Cakes.

prep time

20 minutes

cook time

20 minutes

Total Time:

40 minutes

Makes:

8–12

Rating:

Tags : Milk RecipesBritish Recipes

Griddle cakes are probably one of the most basic of foods and as soon as you have agriculture you can have griddle cakes. After all, they're just a blend of flour, animal fat and liquid cooked on a hot surface. In the Bronze Age the hot surface might be a rock placed on the edge of your hearth. In the Iron Age and later it would be a griddle pan. This is a basic sweet recipe. You can also add berries, such as elderberries when in season or even nuts and flavoursome greens.

Ingredients:

250g wholemeal flour
100g lard or butter
2 tbsp honey
4 tbsp (about ) milk
pinch of salt

Method:

Combine the flour and salt in a bowl then add the lard or butter and rub in with your fingers until the mixture resembles fine breadcrumbs. Stir-in the honey then add just enough milk to bring the mixture together as a firm dough.

Pinch-off pieces of the dough, shape into balls about 4cm in diameter then flatten into patties. Heat your griddle and grease lightly with butter. Add the griddle cakes and fry until nicely browned on both sides and cooked through (about 5 minutes per side, but the exact time will depend on your oven (fire) and method of cooking.

This can be eaten by itself or it can be used as the basis for a dessert or an accompaniment to porridge.