Name: Grandma's Old Fashioned Tea Cakes
Prep time: 45 min
Cook time: 45 min
Yield: 24
Ingredients: White sugar - 1 ¾ cups; Butter - 1 cup; Eggs - 2 large; Vanilla extract - 1 teaspoon; All-purpose flour - 3 cups; Baking soda - ½ teaspoon; Salt - ½ teaspoon; Ground nutmeg - ¼ teaspoon

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Cooking:

45 min.

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Ingredients for - Grandma's Old Fashioned Tea Cakes

1. White sugar - 1 ¾ cups

2. Butter - 1 cup

3. Eggs - 2 large

4. Vanilla extract - 1 teaspoon

5. All-purpose flour - 3 cups

6. Baking soda - ½ teaspoon

7. Salt - ½ teaspoon

8. Ground nutmeg - ¼ teaspoon

How to cook deliciously - Grandma's Old Fashioned Tea Cakes

1. Stage

Beat sugar and butter together in a large bowl with an electric mixer until light and fluffy. Add eggs one at a time, beating well after each addition. Beat in vanilla extract. Combine flour, baking soda, salt, and nutmeg; stir into creamed mixture. Dotdash Meredith Food Studios

2. Stage

Knead dough for a few turns on a floured board until smooth. Dotdash Meredith Food Studios

3. Stage

Cover and refrigerate until firm, about 30 minutes.

4. Stage

Preheat the oven to 325 degrees F (165 degrees C).

5. Stage

On a lightly floured surface, roll the dough out to 1/4 inch in thickness. Cut into desired shapes with cookie cutters. Place cookies 1 1/2 inches apart onto cookie sheets. Dotdash Meredith Food Studios

6. Stage

Bake in the preheated oven until edges are golden, about 8 to 10 minutes. Dotdash Meredith Food Studios

7. Stage

Cool on the cookie sheets briefly before removing to a wire rack to cool completely.