{"id":4440,"date":"2010-11-01T01:10:30","date_gmt":"2010-11-01T06:10:30","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/paganpages.org\/content\/?p=4494"},"modified":"2010-10-27T02:34:29","modified_gmt":"2010-10-27T07:34:29","slug":"airmid%e2%80%99s-cauldron-5","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/paganpages.org\/emagazine\/2010\/11\/01\/airmid%e2%80%99s-cauldron-5\/","title":{"rendered":"Airmid\u2019s Cauldron"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>Soul Cakes &amp; Honeyed Milk<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>Samhain is a wonderful time of year to bring out this old Pagan recipe. Traditionally soul cakes were baked and given as a token for the dead. These delicious little cakes can be made on Hallows Eve and are often formed into the shapes of people and sat out for the dead with a mug of warm honeyed milk.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong><em><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">Soul Cakes<\/span><\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n<p>1 cup butter<\/p>\n<p>3 3\/4 cups sifted flour<\/p>\n<p>1 cup granulated raw sugar<\/p>\n<p>1\/4 teaspoon nutmeg<\/p>\n<p>1 teaspoon cinnamon<\/p>\n<p>1 teaspoon ginger<\/p>\n<p>1 teaspoon allspice<\/p>\n<p>1 teaspoon dried marigold blossoms<\/p>\n<p>2 fresh eggs<\/p>\n<p>2 teaspoons cider vinegar<\/p>\n<p>4 -6 tablespoons milk<\/p>\n<p>Powdered sugar, to sprinkle on top<\/p>\n<p>Prep Time: 30 minutes<\/p>\n<p>Total Time: 55 minutes<\/p>\n<p>Preheat oven to 350\u00b0F. Cut the butter into the flour with a pastry blender or a large fork. Blend in the sugar, nutmeg, ginger, cinnamon, dried marigold blossoms and allspice; beat eggs, vinegar, and milk together. Mix with the flour mixture until stiff dough is formed. Knead thoroughly and roll out 1\/4-inch thick. Cut into 3-inch rounds (or form into shape of people), and place on greased baking sheets. Prick several times with a fork and bake for 20-25 minutes. \u00a0Sprinkle lightly with powdered sugar while still warm.<\/p>\n<p><strong><em><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">Honeyed Milk<\/span><\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n<p>8 oz skim milk<\/p>\n<p>1 tsp honey<\/p>\n<p>Directions<\/p>\n<p>In a small sauce pan heat milk till just warm<\/p>\n<p>Pour honey into milk and stir<\/p>\n<p>Place milk mixture back on the heat till warm again; pour into mug and enjoy. Make sure to sit aside a small mug to go soul cakes for the dead.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Soul Cakes &amp; Honeyed Milk Samhain is a wonderful time of year to bring out this old Pagan recipe. Traditionally soul cakes were baked and given as a token for the dead. These delicious little cakes can be made on Hallows Eve and are often formed into the shapes of people and sat out for the dead with a mug of warm honeyed milk. Soul Cakes 1 cup butter 3 3\/4 cups sifted flour 1 cup granulated raw sugar 1\/4 teaspoon nutmeg 1 teaspoon cinnamon 1 teaspoon ginger 1 teaspoon allspice 1 teaspoon dried marigold blossoms 2 fresh eggs 2 teaspoons cider vinegar 4 -6 tablespoons milk Powdered sugar, to sprinkle on top Prep Time: 30 minutes Total Time: 55 minutes Preheat oven to 350\u00b0F. Cut the butter into the flour with a pastry blender or a large fork. Blend in the sugar, nutmeg, ginger, cinnamon, dried marigold blossoms and allspice; beat eggs, vinegar, and milk together. Mix with the flour mixture until stiff dough is formed. Knead thoroughly and roll out 1\/4-inch thick. Cut into 3-inch rounds (or form into shape of people), and place on greased baking sheets. Prick several times with a fork and bake for 20-25 minutes. \u00a0Sprinkle lightly with powdered sugar while still warm. Honeyed Milk 8 oz skim milk 1 tsp honey Directions In a small sauce pan heat milk till just warm Pour honey into milk and stir Place milk mixture back on the heat till warm again; pour into mug and enjoy. Make sure to sit aside a small mug to go soul cakes for the dead.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":128,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"iawp_total_views":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-4440","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/paganpages.org\/emagazine\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4440","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/paganpages.org\/emagazine\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/paganpages.org\/emagazine\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/paganpages.org\/emagazine\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/128"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/paganpages.org\/emagazine\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=4440"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/paganpages.org\/emagazine\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4440\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":4388,"href":"https:\/\/paganpages.org\/emagazine\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4440\/revisions\/4388"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/paganpages.org\/emagazine\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=4440"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/paganpages.org\/emagazine\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=4440"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/paganpages.org\/emagazine\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=4440"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}