Fat Rascals are a real Yorkshire tradition and are one of the husbeasts favorite baked goods. Whenever we visit Berry’s Tearooms he always gets a Fat Rascal. Well, Maxi and I decided that we needed to perfect making our own and guess what, they are easy to make and taste delicious.
A Fat Rascal is a Yorkshire speciality and the best way to describe them is a cross between a scone and a rock bun. They are pretty simple to make and are wonderful for afternoon tea. Plus once you have the basic recipe off, then you can adjust it.
We tweaked our basic recipe to add lemon zest, all spice, candied ginger and chocolate chips in this batch!
Ingredients
- 275g Self Raising flour
- 100g of cold butter (we use salted and omit any other salt)
- 100g caster sugar
- 150g mixed dried fruit
- 150ml double cream and 1 tablespoon of lemon juice to sour
- 1 egg
- Zest of 1 lemon
- half a teaspoon of mixed spice
How to make Fat Rascals
Preheat your oven to 200 degrees c (fan oven). Place you flour and spices into a large bowl.
Cut up your butter into small chunks and rub into the flour, until it resembles breadcrumbs.
Add the rest of your dry ingredients and mix well. Add the lemon juice to your cream and mix (the cream will stiffen) add to the beaten egg.
Add the wet mixture to the bowl and mix with either a spatula or wooden spoon to form a thick dough.
Shape into eight balls and place on a greased baking tray.
Make for 22-25 minutes until golden brown.
Transfer to a wire rack to cool. Fat Rascals are best eaten on the day of baking, split in half and served with butter. You can store them and perk them up by slightly warming them the next day (that is if you have any left)!
How cool is it that Maxi was busy making these with my best friends four year old! I love that my kids enjoy making and baking and have the patience to make them with younger kids!
See the recipes for Z is for Zest from the other Cooking with kids team:
Avocado Black Bean Lettuce Wrap with Orange Zest by Sugar Aunts
Orange Cookies by Still Playing School
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See our other A-Z of cooking with kids series here
- A is for Apple muffins
- B is for Banana and chocolate chip muffins
- C is for Carrot cake
- D is for Dough – Pizza recipe
- E is for Eggy bread or french toast
- F is for Flour and M&M cookies
- G is for Grape and yogurt bites
- H is for grilled haloumi and honey mustard salad
- I is for Italian – spaghetti bolognese
- J is for Jam tarts
- K is for Kiwi smoothie
- L is for Lemon Madeira cake
- M is for Mushroom Mini Pizza Bites
- N is for Nuts, Pistachio ice cream
- O is for Olive damper bread on a stick
- P is for Peppers – Chicken fajitas
- Q is for Quinoa – Apple cinnamon cake
- R is for Rice – Nasi Goreng
- S is for Spaghetti – Hairy Hotdogs
- T is for Tomato – Tomato and courgette bruschetta
- U is for Udon Noodles – Lamb Stirfry
- V is for Vegetarian – Basil and tomato baked eggs
- W is for –
- X is for Xmas – Gingerbread Trees
- Y is for Yogurt – Mini yogurt and fruit bites
- Z is for Zest – Fat Rascals
I loved rock buns as a child, so I’m really keen to try these! I’ll let you know how I get on!
i just want to say yum yum yum… Please send them my way. I’ve never eaten a fat rascal. I have to make these, they look tasty and very easy to bake. I love cooking with the kids. They enjoy baking and stuffing their faces afterwards. YUM!
Oh I’m so hungry right now and could devour one of those! I’ll have to get one next time I’m at Betty’s!
I’ve never heard of these! Great recipe!
I’d never heard of fat rascals, but I thought from the picture that they looked like rock cakes before I read your text. I haven’t made rock cakes in a long time and I think we are overdue.
These look gorgeous, I love the name too! I really like a bit of traditional and local cooking and baking. I was looking at a very old recipe book the other day with recipe local to a small village near Bath.
Yum! We will try these soon!!
Love the name and the look of those, Jen, they have put sinful ideas into my head now ;-).xx
I have not heard of these before but they sound yummy
Just drinking a cuppa and I could totally go on one of those Fat Rascals right now!
I bet these taste gorgeous – especially with the addition of lemon x
Rock cakes are pretty much my all-time favourite cake, so I expect I’d love these! I don’t think I’ve ever tried them – will have to give it a go.
Just made a batch with my two year old, they’re beautiful and light (and yummy too!)