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Welsh Cookies

This is my grandmother’s recipe for Welsh Cookies. It’s simple and easy and makes a ton of cookies. Grandma used lard to make these cookies, I use Crisco. If Crisco kind of wigs you out, you can use butter. I believe though that unless you are on a strict diet for medical reasons, Crisco has a place in your kitchen. It probably shouldn’t be an every day kind of thing, but nothing makes a lighter fluffier cookie or a flakier pie crust than old fashioned shortening.

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Traditional Welsh Cookies 

  • Author: Rocky Mountain Woman

Ingredients

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1 1/2 C Crisco, lard or butter

2 C sugar

3 eggs, slightly beaten

1 C milk

5 C flour 

3 t baking powder 

1 1/2 t nutmeg

1 t salt

10 ounces currants 

Instructions

Cream the shortening and sugar together

Add eggs and mix thoroughly

Sift together flour, baking powder, nutmeg and salt

Add the flour mixture to the Crisco mixture, alternating with the milk, mixing after each addition

Fold in the currants

Roll half the dough out into a round, about 1/4 ” thick

Cut into rounds with a cookie cutter or biscuit cutter

Cook in a cast iron skillet or on a griddle that’s been wiped with a little Crisco a few minutes on each side or until they start to brown slightly – the perfect thing for this is an electric griddle or electric fry pan set at about 375 degrees 

Repeat with the other half of the dough

 

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These are perfect with a cup of tea, Grandma preferred Constant Comment with sugar and milk.

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  1. 2pots2cook says

    July 17, 2020 at 2:21 am

    Love using lard in my kitchen; absolutely must do !

    ★★★★★

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    • Rocky Mountain Woman says

      July 17, 2020 at 10:28 am

      Everything in moderation, right? I don’t cook with it every day, but there are some recipes where it makes a huge difference!

      Reply
  2. Melissa says

    December 4, 2020 at 12:42 pm

    The recipe does not state how much baking powder to use

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    • Rocky Mountain Woman says

      December 4, 2020 at 1:52 pm

      Melissa,

      Yikes! I fixed it.

      Thanks for letting me know!

      RMW

      Reply
    • Brenda says

      April 14, 2024 at 12:56 am

      3 teaspoons. I haven’t made these in years, but I just had a craving! It’s been 40 years since I had them!

      ★★★★★

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  3. Suzanne B Polinchock says

    December 11, 2021 at 10:45 am

    This recipe is the closest I have found to the original. These tea cakes are a part of my past. Our church
    made them through the colder months as a fund raiser by the dozens. There were never any left.
    Thankx.

    Reply
  4. Mary Ford says

    July 28, 2023 at 1:15 pm

    My mom got recipe from the neighbors grandma when I was a kid, only difference is we used 1teaspoon mace awesome!

    ★★★★★

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