Welsh Cakes

Sometimes the simplest recipes are the best.

Take Welsh Cakes, for example. It just doesn't get much more basic and simple than Welsh Cakes, yet they are pretty much one of the tastiest things on the planet.

I remember taking a cooking course when I was in elementary school (way WAY back when) and the lady teaching it made these. I was instantly hooked.

I recently saw some pins on Pinterest and was reminded of these fabulous little morsels. The recipes I could find online were all in metric/by weight so I did a little conversion math and came up with the measurements in this version. I, by no means, claim to have "come up with" this recipe. It has been around since the dawn of time (pretty sure) but the conversions here are mine. Hopefully they work as well for you as they did for us.

Definitely give them a try. You probably have all you need in your kitchen right now!

Ingredients

• 1 cup flour
• 1 tsp baking powder
• 1/8 tsp nutmeg
• pinch salt
• 1/2 cup butter, cold
• 1/4 cup sugar
• 1/3 cup currants
• 1 egg
• 2 Tbsp milk

Topping

1 - 2 Tbsp sugar, for sprinkling

Directions

• In a mixing bowl, whisk together flour, baking powder, nutmeg, and salt. Using 2 knives or a pastry blender, cut in the cold butter until mixture resembles course crumbs. 
• Stir in the sugar and currants.
• Make a well in the center and add in egg and milk.
• Using a fork, mix in the ingredients until dough comes together.
• Flour a work surface and then roll dough out to approximately the thickness of your baby finger.
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