Welshcakes
 
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Serves: about 12
Ingredients
  • ¾ cup unbleached white flour
  • ¾ cup wheat flour
  • ⅓ cup sugar
  • 1½ teaspoon baking powder
  • 1 teaspoon cinnamon
  • ½ teaspoon nutmeg
  • ¼ teaspoon salt
  • 1 stick of cold butter, diced
  • zest of ½ lemon
  • ½ cup dried currants
  • 1 egg, beat
  • ¼ cup milk
  • Caster sugar for garnish
Instructions
  1. In a large bowl, mix the flours, sugar, baking powder, cinnamon, nutmeg and salt. With a fork, cut the diced butter into the dry ingredients until pea-sized butter chunks form. Add the lemon zest, currants, egg and mix together. Slowly add in the milk until just blended.
  2. Place the dough on a lightly floured surface, kneading a time or two and then rolling out until ΒΌ inch thick. With a cookie or biscuit cutter (or a small glass), cut into rounds. Heat a ½ teaspoon of butter in a cast iron pan on medium low. Add the cakes, leaving space in between, and cook until golden brown, about 4 minutes on each side. Remove from the heat and sprinkle with caster sugar. Serve warm with milk or a cup of tea.
Recipe by Big Girls Small Kitchen at http://www.biggirlssmallkitchen.com/2015/06/welshcakes.html