Recipe - Grandmamas Tea Cakes

2 Sticks butter
2 cup Sugar
4 Eggs
3 teaspoon Baking powder
One half teaspoon Salt; (optional)
7 cup All purpose flour; (more or
less)
One half teaspoon Baking soda
1 teaspoon Vanilla
One fourth cup Milk
Freshly grated nutmeg; to
taste, about 1/3 of a nut

This is the recipe my mother's mother used when my mother was a child.
There are probably better cookies of this type, but none that have fonder
memories. Mama had all sorts of sprinkles that we could decorate them with.
I baked this cookie for my mother to have with egg nog or coffee, and I
still bake them to remember.

Cream butter and sugar well; add eggs, one at a time. Stir together dry
ingredients with the first cup of flour and add to the butter mixture. Add
all of the milk and enough of the flour to make a dough firm enough for
rolling. (The less flour, the more tender the cookie)

Roll about One fourth inch thick, cut to desired shapes, place on lightly greased
sheets and bake at 375F for about 8 to 10 minutes, or until lightly tanned.
Cool before storing in an air tight container.

Posted to KitMailbox Digest by ddmmom@popalex1.linknet.net on Dec 07, 1997