Aunt liz's teacakes
1 Servings
Ingredients
| Quantity | Ingredient | |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | tablespoon | Shortening; heaping measurement |
| 1 | pounds | Butter |
| 4 | cups | Sugar |
| 6 | Whole eggs | |
| ½ | cup | Milk |
| 12 | cups | Flour |
| 1 | pinch | Salt |
| 1 | teaspoon | Baking soda |
| 1 | teaspoon | Nutmeg |
| 12 | teaspoons | Baking powder |
Directions
Cream sugar, shortening, butter, eggs and milk together, then add all dry ingredients. Roll out on floured and sugared board and cut out with cookie cutters. Preheat oven to 350F oven and bake for 10 to 12 minutes. You can add food coloring, decorate with sugar, little candies, or frosting, or you can add flavor extracts such as vanilla, lemon, orange, almond, etc.
Recipe by: Roxanne's Aunt Liz
Posted to recipelu-digest Volume 01 Number 399 by Sewgoode <Sewgoode@...> on Dec 24, 1997