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Tea Cakes (Old Fashioned Recipe)

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Ingredients

  1. 4 tablespoons unsalted butter, at room temperature
  2. 1/2 cup sugar
  3. 1/2 teaspoon vanilla
  4. 2 large egg yolks
  5. 1 teaspoon milk
  6. 1 cup flour
  7. 1/4 teaspoon salt
  8. 1/4 teaspoon baking soda
  9. Sugar & freshly grated nutmeg for sprinkling on top

Instructions

  1. In a medium bowl, beat the butter and sugar together until light and fluffy, about 2 minutes.
  2. Add the vanilla, egg yolks and milk; beat well.
  3. Whisk together the flour, salt and baking soda in a separate small bowl. Pour 1/3 of the flour mixture into the butter and beat until just combined. Add another 1/3 of the flour and continue beating lightly. Finally, add the last flour and beat until just combined—do not overmix.
  4. Shape the dough into a disk, wrap in plastic, and refrigerate for 15 minutes.
  5. When you’re ready to bake, preheat the oven to 350°.
  6. Lightly flour a work surface and dump the dough out onto it. Then, using a small rolling pin, roll the dough into a ¼” rectangle and cut out 8 circles with a 2 ½” round cookie or biscuit cutter.
  7. Reroll the scraps to get 4 more cookies. Place cookies a greased (or parchment paper lined) baking sheet, sprinkle lightly with sugar and freshly grated nutmeg, and bake for 9 minutes. The cookies should not have any brownness around the edges, however, they will be puffed in the middle. Cool on the sheet for 5 minutes before moving to wire rack to cool completely. Enjoy with tea.