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Baked treats cool on a wire rack over the white marble cooktop, with golden brown tops after the second bake of 11-14 minutes, glistening with sugar on top.

Soul Cakes Recipe

Enjoy these delightful Soul Cakes, perfectly spiced with pumpkin pie flavor and studded with cranberries and apples. They're perfect with your favorite warm beverage and a cozy atmosphere!
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Prep Time 30 minutes
Cook Time 25 minutes
Total Time 55 minutes
Course Dessert, Snack
Cuisine english, Irish
Servings 12
Calories 155 kcal

Equipment

  • Mixing bowls
  • Hand Mixer
  • Measuring cups and spoons
  • Parchment paper
  • Rolling Pin
  • Cookie cutter or biscuit cutter
  • Baking sheet
  • Cooling rack

Ingredients
  

  • 3 1/2 cups flour
  • 1 cup sugar
  • 1 Tbsp. vanilla extract
  • 1 1/2 tsp. baking powder
  • 2 tsp pumpkin pie spice
  • 1 tsp. salt
  • 12 Tbsp. unsalted butter room temperature
  • 1/4 cup sour cream or plain greek yogurt with full fat
  • 1/2 cup whole milk or milk preference
  • 1/2 cup dried cranberries
  • 1 apple diced
  • Additional milk and sugar for topping
  • Additional 1/4 cup of flour for rolling out dough.

Instructions
 

  • Preheat the oven to 425°F (220°C).
  • Cream together the sugar and butter using a hand mixer.
    A glass mixing bowl on the white marble cooktop shows unsalted butter and sugar being creamed together using a hand mixer. The butter is soft and creamy, blending with the sugar to form a light mixture.
  • Mix in the sour cream, milk, and vanilla extract until smooth.
  • Add baking powder, salt, and pumpkin pie spice; mix well.
    Baking powder, salt, and pumpkin pie spice are added to the well-blended wet ingredients in a glass bowl sitting on the white marble cooktop, ready to mix with the dry ingredients.
  • Gradually add flour, one cup at a time, mixing until dough is crumbly. Fold in dried cranberries and diced apples, then chill for 20 minutes.
    Flour is added one cup at a time into the mixture in a glass bowl on the white marble cooktop. The dough becomes crumbly as cranberries and diced apples are folded in, with a spatula resting on the side.
  • Roll out the dough on parchment paper to about 1/2 inch thick and cut out shapes with a cookie cutter.
    The dough is rolled out on parchment paper on the white marble cooktop, with additional flour dusted on the surface. Cookie cutters are ready to shape the dough to about 1/2 inch thick.
  • Cut an "X" in the tops and brush with milk; optionally decorate with dried fruit.
    An 'X' is cut on the top of each dough shape, brushed with milk and decorated with dried cranberries and other fruits. The action takes place over the white marble cooktop.
  • Bake for 12 minutes, brush again with milk, sprinkle sugar, and bake for an additional 11-14 minutes until golden. Let cool before serving.
    Baked treats cool on a wire rack over the white marble cooktop, with golden brown tops after the second bake of 11-14 minutes, glistening with sugar on top.