Elegant tea cakes
1 servings
Ingredients
| Quantity | Ingredient | |
|---|---|---|
| ½ | cup | Butter |
| 1 | cup | Granulated sugar |
| 1 | Egg | |
| 1 | tablespoon | Cream |
| 1 | teaspoon | Vanilla |
| 2 | cups | Flour |
| ½ | teaspoon | Baking powder |
Directions
Serve these not-too-sweet cookies in the traditional English fashion with your favorite cup of tea. They are delicious with a dab of jam or marmalade and hold up well when dunking.
In a bowl, cream butter with sugar until very light. Add well beaten egg, cream and vanilla. In a separate bowl, sift flour with baking powder; add creamed mixture and blend well. Roll dough into a log and wrap in aluminum foil. Chill overnight, or in freezer for 2 hours if rushed for time.
Preheat oven to 350ø. Remove dough from refrigerator, slice very thin and place on greased cookie sheet. Bake 5-8 minutes at 350ø.
Variations: For various holidays decorate with colored sugar, beads or icing. Or substitute almond or lemon extract for the vanilla to vary the flavor.
Yield: 10 dozen. Suzanne J. Brown, owner SBJ Communications, Skillman, NJ
Randy Shearer