Old Fashioned Tea Cakes
Old fashioned tea cakes have been around for generations, bringing comfort and a certain amount of nostalgia. Whip up a simple batch of these cookies for your next tea time. The best part is they are easy and use basic ingredients.
Equipment
- 1 baking sheet
Ingredients
- 1 cup butter, softened
- 1¼ cup granulated sugar
- 2 large eggs
- 3 cups all-purpose flour
- 1½ teaspoons baking powder
- 1 teaspoon vanilla
- ½ teaspoon salt
- ¼ teaspoon nutmeg
- 1 tablespoon whole milk
Instructions
- In a stand mixer with the paddle attachment cream the butter and sugar.
- Add eggs one at a time and mix until combined. Add the milk and vanilla.
- In a separate bowl, mix the flour, baking powder, salt, and nutmeg.
- Add the dry ingredients to the mixing bowl and mix slowly until just combined.
- Once combined, allow the mixer to knead the dough for 2 minutes.
- On a lightly floured surface, roll the dough out to 1/4 inch in thickness. Cut into desired shapes with cookie cutters.
- Place cookies 1 1/2 inches apart onto cookie sheets.
- Bake in a preheated 325°F oven for 9 minutes, or until done.
- Cool on a cooling rack.
Notes
Set your butter and eggs out ahead of time! This lets your butter soften and your eggs come up to room temperature. which makes is so much easier to cream together your wet ingredients.