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Old Fashioned Tea Cakes

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A home-kitchen version of old fashioned tea cakes, written step by step so it's easy to follow that's worth the oven time.

Old Fashioned Tea Cakes
Total
15 min
Level
Medium

Ingredients

  • 1 c. butter
  • 2 c. sugar
  • 4 eggs
  • 1 Tbsp. milk
  • 1 tsp. nutmeg
  • 1 tsp. vanilla
  • 4 c. flour (sifted 3 times)
  • 3 Tbsp. baking powder

Method

  1. Cream butter and sugar.

  2. Add eggs one at a time, mixing well after each addition.

  3. Add milk, nutmeg and vanilla.

  4. Sift flour and baking powder together and combine with other mixture.

  5. Add enough additional flour to roll out and cut.

  6. Bake on ungreased cookie sheet in oven at 325° for 15 minutes.

  7. Yield: approximately 4 dozen.

  8. Happy eating!

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