Happy St David's Day- Welshcakes

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Hello it's not too late to make these!! Here's the recipe I use:

250g self raising flour
125g butter (better than marg )
75g caster sugar plus more for sprinkling
pinch of ground mixed spice/all spice
1 large egg
100g currants/ sultanas

1. rub flour and butter together

2. mix in sugar, salt, spice, egg and currants. knead together into a dough and allow to rest for 20mins.

3. flour board and roll dough out to a thickness of 1/4ins, use a scone cutter and cut into rounds

4)heat griddle pan or heavy- bottomed frying pan and cook over a med. heat. they are best left a little soft in the middle and they will finish themselves off as they cool. You turn them over when the underneath is golden brown.

5. drop onto a tray liberally dusted with caster sugar and sprinkle more sugar over the top. (allow 5 mins to cool before eating them so that they finish off cooking.)

Have fun hope they taste nice.

I have inherited (via my Aunt because she doesn't cook/bake) my Grandma's bake stone. She used to make the most yummy welsh cakes and I haven't tasted one as good since she died (17 years ago). I have also inherited the secret family recipe but have only tried it out once and the bake stone took a while to get used to so ended up with lots of burnt ones!!

Now you've reminded to me to have another go!!

ah. My grandmother used to make them ,and my great aunties.

< sighs at memory, salivates >

Do you think you could cheat and use a food processor? I hate rubbing in.

Haven't had a warm homemade one for years.

There's a unit in my local indoor market that makes them on the premises so you buy them straight from the hot-plate!

@ mogs0