welsh tea cakes

Ingredients

• Servings: 4
• 2 cups all-purpose flour
• 3/4 cup white sugar
• 1 teaspoon baking powder
• 1/2 cup butter
• 1/2 cup raisins
• 1/4 cup milk
• 1 egg
• 1/4 teaspoon salt
• 1/2 teaspoon ground nutmeg

Recipe

• combine dry ingredients in a mixing bowl. with a pastry blender, cut in butter until mixture resembles coarse meal. stir in raisins.
• place egg in a 1 cup measure; beat lightly with a fork. add milk to the 1/4 cup mark; pour into flour mixture and stir with fork to make a soft dough; ( a little more milk may be needed ). on a floured surface, shape dough into a ball and knead lightly 5-6 times.
• roll to 1/4 inch thickness and with a floured small biscuit cutter, cut into rounds. bake at 350 degrees f (175 degrees c) on greased cookie sheet until slightly browned.