Welsch tea cakes recipe
4 cups flour
3 teaspoons baking powder
½ teaspoon salt
½ teaspoon nutmeg
1½ cups sugar
2 sticks butter
1 cup currants
2 eggs beaten with ⅓ cup milk
Cut butter into dry ingredients, add currants and mix well. Add eggs with milk. Work into pie dough consistency. Roll out ⅛ inch thick, cut with a round cookie cutter. Fry like pancakes in an electric skillet or pan at 340 degrees until brown, turn on the other side. Pat both sides in a bowl with sugar, serve with jam. Makes about 10 dozen.
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