Tea Cake Cookies Recipe
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Ingredients: 1 c granulated sugar
1 c powdered sugar
2 sticks butter
3 Tbls-milk
4 1/2 c plain flour (not self-rising)
1 tsp soda
2 tsp baking powder
1 tsp cream of tarter
2 eggs
2 tsp vanilla
1 c chopped pecans(optional)
Hard Icing: ( Once this icing sets it gets hard and you can stack the cookies and put them in a tin.)
1 C confectioner sugar
1 tsp of water (at a time) to make icing thickness. (A little thinner than canned icing.)
1 to 6 drops of food coloring depending on how dark you want the color.
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Directions:1. Mix first 4 ingredients, cream well. 2. Mix next 4 dry ingredients together, add dry ingredients slowly. 3. Add eggs and vanilla, pecans if desired.
"PLACEMENT" 1. Roll into 1 1/2 " balls. 2. Sprinkle some flour on cutting board and roll ball in it, dusting slightly with the flour. 3. Place ball on cookie sheet and slightly mash with palm of hand. 3. Bake at 325° for 12-15 minutes until very lightly browned. 4. Leave on cookie sheet for 5 minutes after removing from oven. 6. Transfer to plate or cookie rack.
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Number Of
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Notes: When I (Bren Parks)was a little girl my "Granny" Rosina Johnson, would sit me on the kitchen counter to watch and help make these cookies. She would tell me stories of her family; where they lived in Virginia, and how her brothers, uncles and father fought in the "Civil War". She would write about her life as a girl. She is the one that made me love to write and learn about history. Around Christmas time she would ice them with Red or Green "Hard Icing". Around Easter or Valentine's Day , she would ice them in Red or make Pastel colors.
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