Scottish Cooking Oatmeal Gingerbread

6 oz Flour
2 oz Oatmea!
2 oz Soft brown sugar
2 oz Butter
2 tb Black treacle
1 t Ground ginger
1 t Mixed spice
1 lg Egg, beaten
1 t Level bicarbonate soda
3 tb Milk

Set oven to 350F or Mark 4. Line a 7 inch square
baking tin with buttered greaseproof paper. Put the
butter, sugar and treacle together in a saucepan and
heat gently until the fat melts. Sieve the flour and
bicarbonate of soda into a bowl and add the oatmeal,
sugar and spices. Add the melted treacle mixture, the
beaten egg and the milk. Stir well until blended. Pour
into the tin and bake for about 45 minutes. Cool in
the tin for about 10 minutes then turn out on to a
wire rack.

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