Raisin crisps
20 March 2021 12:48 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
igenlodeAnother very successful wartime recipe: raisin crisps.
3oz flour with 1tsp baking powder, half an egg, 1oz sugar, 1oz butter/marge, 1oz chopped raisins and a few drops of almond essence, mixed with milk and cut out small with a 2-inch cutter.
I've never encountered a recipe where you chopped up the dried fruit before mixing it (not anything as small as raisins, anyway), but it works very well; prevents the usual problems with dried fruit sticking out and burning, and probably helps distribute the sweetness/flavour better, as well. I don't even like almond flavouring -- but it isn't detectable in the finished product, which tastes very flavoursome, lasts well in an airtight container, and is good value for money.
The wartime rock buns (from We'll Eat Again) were also the most suuccessful I've ever made: 8oz flour with 1tsp cream of tartar and ½tsp bicarb to 2oz fat (I think I used lard/marge), 2oz sugar, 2oz dried fruit and 1 egg. They were supposed to have a teaspoon of sugar sprinkled over the top before baking, but I forgot that and they were still delicious; light, fluffy and moist.
3oz flour with 1tsp baking powder, half an egg, 1oz sugar, 1oz butter/marge, 1oz chopped raisins and a few drops of almond essence, mixed with milk and cut out small with a 2-inch cutter.
I've never encountered a recipe where you chopped up the dried fruit before mixing it (not anything as small as raisins, anyway), but it works very well; prevents the usual problems with dried fruit sticking out and burning, and probably helps distribute the sweetness/flavour better, as well. I don't even like almond flavouring -- but it isn't detectable in the finished product, which tastes very flavoursome, lasts well in an airtight container, and is good value for money.
The wartime rock buns (from We'll Eat Again) were also the most suuccessful I've ever made: 8oz flour with 1tsp cream of tartar and ½tsp bicarb to 2oz fat (I think I used lard/marge), 2oz sugar, 2oz dried fruit and 1 egg. They were supposed to have a teaspoon of sugar sprinkled over the top before baking, but I forgot that and they were still delicious; light, fluffy and moist.
