Welsh Foods

Method

1. Put the flour in a mixing bowl and allow to stand in a warm place for a short while. 
2. Rub the butter into the flour, add all the other dry ingredients and mix thoroughly. 
3. Cream the yeast with a little sugar in a smaller basin and blend it with half a cupful of warm milk. 
4. Make a well in the centre of the dry ingredients, pour the yeast mixture into it and sprinkle a little flour over it. 
5. Cover and allow to stand in a warm place for a few minutes. 
6. Beat the eggs, pour them on the yeast mixture and proceed to knead the ingredients to a soft dough. 
7. Melt the treacle in a little warm water and gradually add it to the dough, as required, when kneading.
8. Cover the bowl and allow the dough to rise for an hour and a half in a warm place.
9. Then turn out on to a well-floured board, divide it in equal parts and put into warm greased tins.
10. Bake the loaves in a moderately hot oven for an hour to an hour and a half.

Bala, Merioneth.