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Grandma's Tea Cakes

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Category: Cookies

 Ingredients List

  • 1 c Shortening
  • 1 1/2 c Sugar
  • 3 Eggs
  • 4 c All-purpose flour
  • 2 ts Baking powder
  • 1 ts Baking soda
  • 1/2 ts Salt
  • 1/4 c Buttermilk
  • 1 -(up to)
  • 1 1/4 ts Almond extract
  • Sugar (optional)

 Directions

Cream shortening, gradually add sugar, beating well at medium speed of an
electric mixer. Add eggs, one at a time, beating after each addition.

Combine flour, baking powder, soda and salt; add to creamed mixture
alternately with buttermilk. Mix well. Stir in extract. Cover and chill 1
hour.

Roll dough to 1/4-inch thickness on a floured surface. Cut with a
2-3/4-inch round cookie cutter; place on greased cookie sheets. Bake at 350
degrees for 15 minutes or until edges begin to brown. Sprinkle with sugar,
if desired. Cool. Yields 4 dozen. Dorothy Burgess, Huntsville, TX.

SOUTHERN LIVING, JUL 90

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