In the heat of the unairconditioned kitchen, my grandma tells stories about her grandma to the music of the sizzling griddle and the spinning fan. As the hand of the outdoor thermometer creeps close ...

Without Welsh cookies, the Providence United Presbyterian Church would have likely closed its doors for good. Every third Monday, a dedicated group of parishioners meets to prepare upward of 2,000 of ...

When the Welsh Cookies were ready to eat, I figured a spot of tea would do nicely to accompany them. One of the first steps involved cutting the shortening (I’m using butter and cutting it with a pair ...

WILKES-BARRE — If you ask 96-year-old William Cordy what makes his church’s Welsh cookies so tasty, he’ll tell you it’s the sweet dried fruit you’ll find in each flat biscuit. “Raisins are a lot ...

This recipe, from Paula Bonchak of Bonham, took second place in the Family category in our 2015 Holiday Cookie Contest. Mix the butter, flour and baking powder together until it forms a fine crumb.

Nancy Liotta’s mother, the late Dorothy Stevens, had a saying about Welsh cookies. “She would say, ‘If it doesn’t have lard, and it doesn’t have currants, you don’t call it a Welsh cookie,'” Mrs.

Feb. 28—In all the years of Local Flavor, no recipe has been as popular as Welsh Cookies. There's something about the heavenly taste of the cookies' buttery dough and sweet and tart currants that make ...

Order deadline, Thursday, March 4; pickup, noon to 3 p.m. Saturday, March 7. Trucksville United Methodist Church, Fellowship ...