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Tea cakes have a buttery flavor and a wonderful cake-like texture.
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This tea cake recipe is made with simple ingredients. It is a favorite cookie recipe because it is so simple to make and have a lovely buttery flavor and a cake-like texture. It's wonderful served with a cup of hot tea or, if you're like me, coffee!
I bake these cake-like cookies for the Christmas holiday season but they are perfect to serve year round. Simple change out the topping (colored sugars) or leave these sweet treats without any extra froufrou.
If you're looking for more easy dessert recipes this beautiful and tasty mint torte starts with a store bought pound cake but the end result looks like you slaved over it for hours and this peppermint mint brownie pie is made from scratch but is ready for the oven in under 15 minutes.
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😋 Why You'll Love This Recipe
- No need to roll dough
- Basic ingredients that you probably already have in your pantry
- Gentle on your taste buds
🥐Ingredient List
- sugar
- butter
- vanilla extract
- egg
- milk
- self-rising flour
- colored sugars for decorating (or powdered sugar for dusting!)
See recipe card for quantities.
📋Instructions
This is an overview of the instructions. Thefull recipeand instructions as well as nutritional information can be found in therecipe cardat the bottom of the page.
- Preheat oven to 375 degrees f.
- Grease cookie sheets or line with parchment paper.
- Allow butter to come to room temperature.
- Once softened cream butter in a large mixing bowl with a hand mixer or electric mixer.
- Add vanilla extract, egg, and milk and mix ingredients well until smooth.
- Gently combine flour with the butter mixture adding a little at a time until a stiff dough forms.
- Drop cookie dough by teaspoonfuls onto
baking sheets. - Place in oven on middle oven rack and bake cookies for 9 to 10 minutes.
- Remove from oven and place cookies on trays on wire rack to cool.
- Sprinkle with colored sugar will still warm or powdered sugar once cooled.
Hint: Center will be soft when cooled.
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🍽Equipment
The following items will help you to make this recipe successfully.
🍱Storage
- Store the cookies in an airtight container at room temperature for one week. Cookies stay fresher longer if they are in a tightly sealed container.
- These cookies can be frozen for three to four months. Wrap cookies tightly in plastic wrap to protect them from freezer burn.
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Georgia Tea Cakes ~ A Light and Sweet Tea Cake
Tea cakes have a buttery flavor and a wonderful cake-like texture.
Prep Time:20 minutes mins
Cook Time:10 minutes mins
Total Time:30 minutes mins
Ingredients
- ½ cup butter softened
- 1 cup sugar
- 1 teaspoon vanilla extract
- 1 egg beaten
- ½ cup milk
- 2 to 2 ½ cups self-rising flour
- Colored Sugars
Instructions
Preheat oven to 375 degrees f.
Grease cookie sheets or line with parchment paper.
Allow butter to come to room temperature. Once softened cream butter in a large mixing bowl with a hand mixer or electric mixer.
½ cup butter
Add sugar, vanilla extract, egg, and milk and mix ingredients well until smooth.
1 cup sugar, 1 teaspoon vanilla extract, 1 egg, ½ cup milk
Gently combine flour with the butter mixture adding a little at a time until a stiff dough forms.
2 to 2 ½ cups self-rising flour
Drop cookie dough by teaspoonfuls onto baking sheets.
Place in oven on middle oven rack and bake cookies for 9 to 10 minutes.
Remove from oven and place cookies on trays on wire rack to cool.
Sprinkle with colored sugar will still warm or powdered sugar once cooled.
Colored Sugars
As with any of my recipes, calorie counts and nutritional information varies greatly depending on which products you choose to use when cooking this dish.
Nutrition
Serving: 1g | Calories: 79kcal | Carbohydrates: 12g | Protein: 1g | Fat: 3g | Saturated Fat: 2g | Polyunsaturated Fat: 0.2g | Monounsaturated Fat: 1g | Trans Fat: 0.1g | Cholesterol: 12mg | Sodium: 24mg | Potassium: 16mg | Fiber: 0.2g | Sugar: 6g | Vitamin A: 91IU | Calcium: 7mg | Iron: 0.1mg
Servings: 36 Cookies
Calories: 79kcal
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