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Preparation info
  • Makes

    12

    • Difficulty

      Easy

Appears in
Ms Marmite Lover's Secret Tea Party: Exquisite recipes for ultimate afternoon teas

By Kerstin Rodgers

Published 2014

  • About

Bannocks are scones from the Shetlands, islands so far north of Scotland that they are closer to the Arctic Circle than to Britain. Shetland was for centuries part of Norway and Denmark (which used to be one kingdom), and became Scottish only in the 15th century In fact, Denmark still has rights to Shetland, having merely pawned the islands. (Shetland is traditionally Unionist, preferring to be part of the UK rather than be independent. This could be a concern for a separatist Scotland, as