Ciasteczka

• 4 July celebration – I have just done 8 years of Blogging!
• My first two posts were My Polish Background and then Polish Cakes.
• I have still got lots more recipes to write about as I find more books and magazines, and friends and family give me some of their recipes.
• Today this is post number 600.
• It is a simple recipe, which I would have made when young.
• Ciasteczka is the Polish for small cakes or biscuits,
• These are soft and crumbly.
• The secret is not to over work the soft dough.

Ingredients

225g plain flour

2 & ½ teaspoons of baking powder

125g butter

¼ teaspoon salt

80g granulated sugar

80g currants

1 egg – beaten

Milk to mix – around 5 to 6 tablespoons

Method

Pre-heat the oven to GM7 – 220°C.

Grease  two baking trays.

Rub the butter into the flour.

Add the currants, sugar and salt.

Make a well in the centre and add the beaten egg

Mix in the milk bit by bit to make a soft dough – you might not need it all.

Press out the dough on a floured board to about 1cm thickness.

Use a 7cm cutter to cut out circles.

Gather up the scraps together and cut more circles.

This should make around 12 circles.

Bake for 10 -14 minutes till lightly golden on top.

Remove from the tray and cool on a cake rack.