Welsh cookies are quite popular lately, thanks to presidential candidate Romney. This traditional Welsh recipe can be found in numerous variations, but the one thing it is so special about it is the fact it is baked on the pan, not in the oven. It really looks as a combination of a small pancake and a regular cookie. Taste great for breakfast, hot or cold.
The one thing it would be great having for making these desserts is a temperature controlled griddle. If you don't have it, you can use your frying pan instead, or a nonstick skillet. They should be baked on hundred and sixty degrees, until golden brown.
Traditional recipe contains flour, baking powder, sugar, salt, nutmeg, eggs, butter, lard and currants. Some recipes contain raisins and cinnamon, some don't, but it really depends only on your personal taste. In some regions people use more baking powder, and their cookies are more fluffy and bigger.
Round Welsh cakes are traditional, but all other shapes are good as well. The dough should be one half of an inch up to one inch thick. Don't make it too thin, because you might burn it, or too thick, because they won't be baked as they should. They should become golden brown.
If you add grated apples or fresh berries into your mixture, your cakes will stay moist longer. Just dust them with some iced sugar and serve with butter and jam, everyone will enjoy them. Although people usually add currants and raisins, you can also chop some other dried fruits and add them in the mixture.
One traditional recipe contains four hundred grams of flour, appropriate amount of baking powder and a little bit of baking soda, one hundred grams of currants, one egg, a pinch of salt, one hundred and fifty grams of sugar, some nutmeg and a little bit of milk. Original recipe contains one hundred and twenty grams of lard and the same amount of butter, but you can use only butter instead.
Prepare your dough the way you would prepare a dough for your pie. So, mix flour, baking powder and baking soda, salt and nutmeg with butter and lard, until it forms crumbs. Add sugar and other ingredients, and enough milk to make the perfect dough, a little bit moister than your pie dough would be. You can save it in your refrigerator.
The dough can be easily frozen and used when it suits you. A temperature controlled griddle would be ideal, but you can use your frying pan instead. Use very small amount of fat for greasing your pan, and be careful not to burn your cakes. If you have a very thick frying pan, it will be very good choice for this.
Welsh cookies are so easy to make, you need just a little more time than for making small pancakes, and you will really enjoy them. They taste like cookies and look like small pancakes. Serve them simply dusted with sugar, or with butter, jam and your favorite creams, they are just great.
The one thing it would be great having for making these desserts is a temperature controlled griddle. If you don't have it, you can use your frying pan instead, or a nonstick skillet. They should be baked on hundred and sixty degrees, until golden brown.
Traditional recipe contains flour, baking powder, sugar, salt, nutmeg, eggs, butter, lard and currants. Some recipes contain raisins and cinnamon, some don't, but it really depends only on your personal taste. In some regions people use more baking powder, and their cookies are more fluffy and bigger.
Round Welsh cakes are traditional, but all other shapes are good as well. The dough should be one half of an inch up to one inch thick. Don't make it too thin, because you might burn it, or too thick, because they won't be baked as they should. They should become golden brown.
If you add grated apples or fresh berries into your mixture, your cakes will stay moist longer. Just dust them with some iced sugar and serve with butter and jam, everyone will enjoy them. Although people usually add currants and raisins, you can also chop some other dried fruits and add them in the mixture.
One traditional recipe contains four hundred grams of flour, appropriate amount of baking powder and a little bit of baking soda, one hundred grams of currants, one egg, a pinch of salt, one hundred and fifty grams of sugar, some nutmeg and a little bit of milk. Original recipe contains one hundred and twenty grams of lard and the same amount of butter, but you can use only butter instead.
Prepare your dough the way you would prepare a dough for your pie. So, mix flour, baking powder and baking soda, salt and nutmeg with butter and lard, until it forms crumbs. Add sugar and other ingredients, and enough milk to make the perfect dough, a little bit moister than your pie dough would be. You can save it in your refrigerator.
The dough can be easily frozen and used when it suits you. A temperature controlled griddle would be ideal, but you can use your frying pan instead. Use very small amount of fat for greasing your pan, and be careful not to burn your cakes. If you have a very thick frying pan, it will be very good choice for this.
Welsh cookies are so easy to make, you need just a little more time than for making small pancakes, and you will really enjoy them. They taste like cookies and look like small pancakes. Serve them simply dusted with sugar, or with butter, jam and your favorite creams, they are just great.
