verna's tea cakes

Name: Verna's Tea Cakes
Prep time: 20 min
Cook time: 10 min
Yield: 10
Cuisine: Southern
Ingredients: 1 cup(s) butter; 2 cup(s) white sugar; 2 - eggs; 3 1/2 cup(s) self rising flour; 1 teaspoon(s) vanilla flavoring; 1/2 teaspoon(s) cinnamon, ground (may add a little more)

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Verna Bryant

Baton Rouge, LA

Updated on Aug 21, 2011

This is a simple and delicious tea cake recipe that I have used for many years. My family loves these little tea cakes.

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prep time 20 Min

cook time 10 Min

method Bake

yield 10 serving(s)

Ingredients

1 cup butter
2 cups white sugar
2 - eggs
3 1/2 cups self rising flour
1 teaspoon vanilla flavoring
1/2 teaspoon cinnamon, ground (may add a little more)

How To Make verna's tea cakes

Step 1

Cream the butter and sugar. Add the flour a little at a time. Add the eggs that are slightly beaten. Mix in flavoring. Drop by teaspoon on ungreased cookie sheet. Bake at 400 degrees for 10-12 minutes. Makes 5 dozen.

Step 2

For Christmas, you may want to put a red or green candied cherry in the center before cooking and after cooking and cooling, you could dust with powdered sugar.
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