Medium Beverage Dessert

Grandma's Old Fashioned Tea Cakes

Name: Grandma's Old Fashioned Tea Cakes
Prep time: 16 min
Cook time: 67 min
Total time: 83 min
Yield: 4 servings
Cuisine: Unknown
Ingredients: 1.75 cups white sugar; 1 cup butter; 2 large eggs; 1 teaspoon vanilla extract; 3 cups all-purpose flour; 0.5 teaspoons baking soda; 0.5 teaspoons salt; 0.25 teaspoons ground nutmeg

Total Time

1h 23m

16m prep · 67m cook

Servings

4 people

Rating

—

Difficulty

Medium

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These soft tea cakes are made with rich cookie dough. They taste best when they are one to two days old. You can change flavors by substituting almond or lemon extract for the vanilla. Add a few drops of food coloring to dress up the dough for special occasions.

Ingredients

1.75 cups white sugar
1 cup butter
2 large eggs
1 teaspoon vanilla extract
3 cups all-purpose flour
0.5 teaspoons baking soda
0.5 teaspoons salt
0.25 teaspoons ground nutmeg

Instructions

1

Beat sugar and butter together in a large bowl with an electric mixer until light and fluffy. Add eggs one at a time, beating well after each addition. Beat in vanilla extract. Combine flour, baking soda, salt, and nutmeg; stir into creamed mixture.
2

Knead dough for a few turns on a floured board until smooth.
3

Cover and refrigerate until firm, about 30 minutes.
4

Preheat the oven to 325 degrees F (165 degrees C).
5

On a lightly floured surface, roll the dough out to 1/4 inch in thickness. Cut into desired shapes with cookie cutters. Place cookies 1 1/2 inches apart onto cookie sheets.
6

Bake in the preheated oven until edges are golden, about 8 to 10 minutes.
7

Cool on the cookie sheets briefly before removing to a wire rack to cool completely.