Baked Ghanaian chips (Pastry chips)
Prep Time
15 mins
Cook Time
22 mins
Total Time
37 mins
Ingredients
- 2 ½ cup/300g all purpose or pastry flour
- 2-3 tablespoons sugar use 3 tablespoons for sweeter chips
- 1/2 teaspoon baking powder
- 1/2 teaspoon nutmeg
- 1/8 teaspoon salt
- ½ cup + 1 tablespoon/ 127g butter or margarine should be firm
- 3 tablespoons chilled milk of choice
Instructions
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Preheat an oven to 160˚C/ 320˚F and line a baking tray or sheet with parchment or baking paper.
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In a mixing bowl, whisk together flour, sugar, baking powder, nutmeg and salt. Add the butter or margarine and mix to form coarse dough using your hand or a food processor.
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Add the milk, mix to form a smooth dough. Divide the dough into two. On a floured surface, roll out the dough to about 0.25 cm thickness. Using a knife or a pizza cutter, cut stripes of dough to about 0.5 cm, it not necessary be the same. Continue with the other dough till all the dough is cut into stripes.
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For the look in the picture, take each stripe of dough, coil it around and place on the baking tray.
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Bake in the preheated oven for 20 to 22 minutes till firm and no longer looking raw. Store in an airtight container for up to two weeks.