Welsh cookies became very popular lately, but they really are traditional Welsh desserts. Although they taste very similar to ordinary cookies, you don't make them in the oven. Instead, you cook the dough on a pancake griddle. Easy to prepare and very tasty, these small snacks can be a perfect dessert after your lunch, or a nice breakfast choice.
It would be ideal to have a temperature controlled griddle for making Welsh cookies, but your nonstick skillet will do the job. In any case, the temperature should be around one hundred and sixty degrees, and you should be very careful not to burn your cakes. They should become golden brown.
Basic ingredients for preparing this dessert are flour, baking powder, baking soda, sugar, raisins, currants, eggs, salt, milk, butter and lard. Of course, you don't have to use lard if you don't want to. You can easily replace it with butter. More baking powder means fluffier cakes. You should also add different spices in the mixture, especially nutmeg.
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.
Traditionally, people put raisins and currants in the mixture. You can also add grated apples or pears, your favorite berries or some other fresh fruits, finely chopped. Fresh fruits will add moisture, and your cakes will stay longer fresh. Besides, they will be even tastier this way. Dried fruits, for example apricots, can also be added.
Traditional recipe contains 400 grams of flour, mixed with baking powder and baking soda, 120 grams of butter and the same amount of lard, 175 grams of sugar, one egg, nutmeg, some salt, some milk and 100 grams of currants. Today, people rarely use lard in their recipes, and you can replace it with butter instead, your cakes will be equally tasty.
You should prepare your dough just like you would prepare a pie crust, but a little bit moister. It means you should mix dry ingredients with the fat ones, until you get crumbs, and add egg and currants with as much milk as you need. You don't have to keep the dough in the freezer, but you can save it there for a day or two.
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.
It would be ideal to have a temperature controlled griddle for making Welsh cookies, but your nonstick skillet will do the job. In any case, the temperature should be around one hundred and sixty degrees, and you should be very careful not to burn your cakes. They should become golden brown.
Basic ingredients for preparing this dessert are flour, baking powder, baking soda, sugar, raisins, currants, eggs, salt, milk, butter and lard. Of course, you don't have to use lard if you don't want to. You can easily replace it with butter. More baking powder means fluffier cakes. You should also add different spices in the mixture, especially nutmeg.
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.
Traditionally, people put raisins and currants in the mixture. You can also add grated apples or pears, your favorite berries or some other fresh fruits, finely chopped. Fresh fruits will add moisture, and your cakes will stay longer fresh. Besides, they will be even tastier this way. Dried fruits, for example apricots, can also be added.
Traditional recipe contains 400 grams of flour, mixed with baking powder and baking soda, 120 grams of butter and the same amount of lard, 175 grams of sugar, one egg, nutmeg, some salt, some milk and 100 grams of currants. Today, people rarely use lard in their recipes, and you can replace it with butter instead, your cakes will be equally tasty.
You should prepare your dough just like you would prepare a pie crust, but a little bit moister. It means you should mix dry ingredients with the fat ones, until you get crumbs, and add egg and currants with as much milk as you need. You don't have to keep the dough in the freezer, but you can save it there for a day or two.
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.
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