Cordina's Tennessee Tea Cakes
Featured in A Lasting Impression (Belmont Mansion, Book 1)and throughout the Belmont Mansion novels
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Ingredients
- 1 cup butter or margarine
- 1 cup sugar
- 3 eggs
- 3 1/2 cups self rising flour
- 1 teaspoon vanilla
Directions
Cream butter and sugar. Add eggs and mix again. Add vanilla and flour and mix well. Roll thin on a floured board, cut with cookie or biscuit cutter. Bake at 350 for ten minutes. Don't overcook! Sprinkle with sugar while warm or ice with simple icing. Or, like a beignet, cover with powdered sugar while warm.
If you want more cake-like cookies, roll thicker, about 1/2 inch in thickness. The thinner the dough, the more like crisp cookies they'll be.
Simple Icing
Ingredients
- 2 tablespoons softened butter or margarine
- 1/2 cup confectioner's sugar
- 2 tablespoons milk (can add another if needed)
- 1 teaspoon vanilla
- Few drops food coloring, if desired
Directions
Cut butter into confectioner's sugar. Add milk and stir until lumps are gone. Add vanilla and a few drops of food coloring, stir until combined. Spoon onto cookies or tea cakes and spread with back of spoon. Top with sprinkles while still wet, if desired. Let dry before stacking.
