Welsh cakes

[Cariad Iesu]

Four easy steps to making the perfect treat for teatime. Serve with lashings of butter and jam.


Ingredients

• 225g/8oz, sieved self raising flour.
• 110g/4oz (preferably Welsh) salted butter
• 1 egg
• handful of sultanas
• milk, if needed
• 85g/3oz caster sugar
• extra butter, for greasing
• Preparation method
  
  1 Rub the fat into the sieved flour to make breadcrumbs. Add the sugar, dried fruit and then the egg. Mix to combine, then form a ball of dough, using a splash of milk if needed.
• 
  2 Roll out the pastry until it is a 5mm/¼in thick and cut into rounds with a 7.5-10cm/3-4in fluted cutter.
  
  3 You now need a bakestone or a heavy iron griddle. Rub it with butter and wipe the excess away. Put it on to a direct heat and wait until it heats up, place the Welsh cakes on the griddle, turning once. They need about 2-3 minutes each side. Each side needs to be caramel brown before turning although some people I know like them almost burnt.
  
  4 Remove from the pan and dust with caster sugar while still warm. Some people leave out the dried fruit, and split them when cool and sandwich them together with jam.

 

[Fragrant Grace]

Sounds delicious @Cariad Iesu

I'm sure my children will love them too

Not sure I can get Welsh butter in Australian though!

 

[dailywalk]

My three year old grand daughter is way too fond of pa pa's (pancakes) so I know she will love these.
Thank you for sharing! I had to think on it awhile as to what the handful of sultanas is, but I'm thinking it is probably raisins or such.