December 15, 2013 - 2:28pm
Holiday Cookies
to share with family and friends. Two traditional: Welsh Cakes, and Date-nut Pinwheels, and two newer: Chocolate-Chocolate chip-Chipotle-Hazelnut and Ameretta-Almond Biscotti. Thirty dozen total.
Happy Holidays to all,
David G
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What's in a Welsh cake?
Happy Holidays to you and yours.
Here's the original blog entry re Welsh Cakes I wrote in 2009. It contains a bit of history, and the original recipe and directions.
http://www.thefreshloaf.com/node/11821/welsh-cakes-la-grandma-aka-welsh-cookies-recipe
There are one or two alternative recipes among the comments.
David G
Beautiful looking cookies.
thanks for sharing.
Ian
I've gone a little obsessive over biscotti in the past couple years.
Thanks,
David G
Do they come off like a cookie or a pancake? How well do they keep? i imagine well since you have them all made.
I'm gonna have to try this
Josh
similar to shortbread, but not as dry or dense. They keep well, but then I've never seen on go stale. They disappear before having a chance to stale.
David G
Hello David,
You've been busy - 30 dozen of these beauties?
Thanks for the link back to your post about Welsh Cakes and thank you so much for sharing your grandmother's recipe.
Happy holidays,
:^) breadsong
For reasons unknown, they skipped a generation in my family. I don't recall any aunt or uncle, nor my mother either making them in their generation. My Welsh grandmother's house was were I hid when things got heavy around home. She was great to hang out with. I inherited my love for baking and cooking from her.
David G
David!
All my baking has a "rustic" appearance. In the past I've tried for the elegant you've demonstrated with your pastries, with far less success. I've decided "rustic" is my "signature approach".
David G