Large circle of shortcrust pastry folded over dried fruit and rolled until the fruit visible through. Sugared and baked. Well-known from local reports in Lancashire and Cheshire, but no definitive receipt has been found.

Original Receipt from corresepondent 'Dawn' to the BBC Lancashire website, 2014

Make Shortcrust Pastry (plain not sweet) Roll into a circle 1/2cm thick.
Pile raisins into the centre then bring together pastry over them to form a parcel.
Make sure the pastry is joined together well. Then roll out again to approx 2cm till you can just see the raisins showing through top.
Sprinkle with sugar.
Cook in oven 190 till pastry is cooked.
Eat hot or cold - spread with butter. It's gorgeous when hot and the butter melts over it.

My Nan always made 'Singing Lily' with the leftover pastry from making a meat and potato pie.


Our correspondent Josephine Andersen says (May 2018) that, "My mother was from Bolton and often used to make this pastry. She also called it Skinny Annie. It is very easy and quick to make. I used to make it for my children. It tastes very good if spread with butter before eating."

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