Parkin update

[carbonel]

In this morning's thrilling installment, it turns out that the parkin solidified overnight. Not terribly surprising, given how much melted sugar and melted margarine it contains. It's now a rather solid mass with just a slight give to it. In fact, it looks like something that would improve by being stored in a tin for a few days (or a week or two).

If the oatmeal softens a bit more, I think I'll have something worth serving on Saturday.

One of the recipes I came across after the parkin was in the oven called for letting the mixture sit overnight before baking it. I wonder if that would have made things work better.

Comments

Parkin

[minnehaha.livejournal.com]

Glad it finally came out okay.

Kind of makes sense that it has to set.

B

[minnehaha.livejournal.com]

Is it supposed to be rather solid with just a slight give to it?

K.

[carbonel]

I think so, but I also think it's supposed to be more of an integrated mass. Right now it's more like individual grains of slightly softened oatmeal held together by a sweet sticky glue.

It smells really good, though.

[cakmpls.livejournal.com]

Interesting, and congratulations!

I'll bet letting it sit would make a difference, maybe even for the better.