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Buttermilk Tea Cakes Recipe


Buttermilk Tea Cakes Recipe
This tea cake recipe makes 10 to 12 dozen at a time..so be ready to bake for a while... but they are wonderful...great for Christmas giving. They can also be decorated..

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Ingredients
  • 1 cup shortening
  • 3 cups sugar
  • 2 eggs, slightly beaten
  • 1 cup whole milk
  • 1 teaspoon vanilla
  • 1/2 teaspoon ground netmeg
  • 1 cup buttermilk
  • 1 1/2 teaspoons soda
  • 8 to 10 cups flour (enough to make a soft dough)

Directions
  1. Cream shortening and sugar.
  2. Add slightly beaten eggs, whole milk, vanilla, and nutmeg; stir well.
  3. Mix buttermilk with soda and then add to the mixture.
  4. Mix in enough flour to make a soft dough.
  5. Roll thin, cut into strips, lengthwise, then across, to make squares and rectangles.
  6. Place on greased pans and bake at 400 degrees for 10 to 12 minutes.
  7. Yield 10 to 12 dozen cookies

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Comments


I love tea cakes!!!!!!


Now these just sound really yummy. Thanks so much!


Wow, that's what I call a big batch - perfect for this time of year when I want lots of extras for giving as gifts. These sound fantastic...thank you!


AWESOME,girl !!!!


Now I need to find someone to share all these with. They sound wonderful, thanks.


I love nutmeg taste in baking...


You saved my life!! I need to make 60 cookies for a ladies tea I was invited to! Now I have the perfect recipe from the perfect friend;0)..Thanks so much Zena..Im printing it off right now! Michelle


I just made these and they turned out wonderful..The taste is perfect and they will taste nice with tea.


Sounds wonderful!


My mother n law use to make tea cakes and she would put chocolate on half of them for the kids. We all loved them. I worked a lot back then so I never got her recipe for theese. Thanks!


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