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Grandma Mary “Polly” Huffman’s Old Fashioned Tea Cakes Recipe

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Ingredients:  
Ingredients:  
1 c. sugar
2tsp. baking powder
½ c. butter, softened
1 T. milk (optional)
2 eggs, beaten
½ tsp. vanilla extract
2 ¼ c. all-purpose flour
Directions:
Directions:
Cream sugar and butter until light and fluffy in a large mixing bowl; add eggs,mixing well. Combine dry ingredients; add to cream mixture, mixing well. Add vanilla and milk (if dough is too dry). Chill dough 1 hour. Roll dough out to 1/8 inch thickness on a floured surface; cut as desired. Place dough on ungreased cookie sheets; bake as 350° for 13 to 15 minutes or until lightly browned. Yield 3 to 4 dozen cookies.
Personal Notes:
Personal Notes:
Mary Bowie was born on March 10, 1884, in Marksville, Louisiana and died on November 6, 1967. She loved cooking. Our favorite was her tea cakes. She made her cookies with real butter churned from clabber milk. I think Willis was my dad’s parent’s favorite of the seven children because he was born after our father’s death. Our grandmother gave Willis the tea cakes to hand out to the rest of us. My brothers would beg our mom to let them babysit Willis, because he told our grandmother all our business.

 

 

 

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