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Description

Ingredients

eight ounces plain flour
three ounces oatmeal or wholemeal flour
three quarter ounce yeast
one teaspoonful sugar
one teaspoonful salt
two ounces butter
quarter pint milk
quarter pint warm water
two eggs, well beaten


Method

Put the flour and oatmeal in a large, warm bowl or jug.
Melt the butter into the milk over a low heat.
Cream the sugar and yeast, add the warm water and pour into the milk and melted butter.
Add the beaten eggs to this liquid mixture, and pour gradually into the flour.
Beat well and then allow the batter to rise in a warm place for a short period.
Grease a moderately hot bakestone, pour the batter on it as for pancakes and bake on both sides.


It was a tradition in Anglesey on Shrove Tuesday to serve bara bwff to the men-servants while the family enjoyed pancakes for tea.
Anglesey.

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