old fashioned tea cakes

(1 RATING)
79 Pinches
Central, LA
Updated on Dec 5, 2011

My Dad loved tea cakes. They were his favorite cookie. This recipe is from his mother...my Gramma Sarah. Unfortunately she died before I was born, but I heard wonderful stories of her from my Grampa Joe and my Dad, aunts and uncles.

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Ingredients

  • 1/4 pound butter (1 stick)
  • 1 cup sugar
  • 2 - eggs
  • 1 1/2 teaspoons vanilla
  • 3 cups flour, sifted
  • 2 teaspoons baking powder
  • 1/2 teaspoon salt

How To Make old fashioned tea cakes

  • Step 1
    Pre-heat oven to 350 degrees. Cream butter, adding sugar gradually. Mix thoroughly. Add eggs one at a time, beating well. Stir in vanilla. Mix the flour, baking powder and salt together. Add to the butter mixture. Knead thoroughly. Chill dough. Roll out on a floured board unti thin. Cut out cookies. Bake for 10 - 12 minutes or until light golden brown. Cool thoroughtly before storing.

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