THE BEST OLD FASHIONED TEA CAKES

The best old-fashioned tea cake recipe is right here. This recipe is well over 100 years old and has been handed down for many generations.

Made with simple ingredients like butter, flour, and buttermilk, these tea cakes are a bite of days gone by.

INGREDIENTS

Butter Sugar Eggs Buttermilk Vanilla

In a mixer, cream butter until it is smooth. Gradually add in the sugar and mix well.

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Add eggs, one at a time, beating well after each one. Add buttermilk and mix well.

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Sift the flour and baking soda and add them in batches to the cream mixture. Mix well. Stir in vanilla. Place cookie dough on a sheet of plastic wrap and seal.

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Preheat the oven to 375 and unwrap and divide the dough into two sections. Roll the dough out to ¼ inch thickness and cut with your choice of cutter.

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Place on a lightly greased cookie sheet and bake for 10 minutes. Allow it to cool, serve, and enjoy!

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