Nana's Tea Cakes recipe

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Ingredients

1 cup shortening
2 cups white sugar
3 eggs
1 teaspoon vanilla extract
5 ½ cups all-purpose flour
1 teaspoon baking powder
½ cup milk

Nutrition Info

207.2 calories
carbohydrate: 31.1 g
cholesterol: 25.4 mg
fat: 7.7 g
fiber: 0.6 g
protein: 3.1 g
saturatedFat: 3 g
servingSize: -
sodium: 20.3 mg
sugar: 13.6 g
transFat: : -
unsaturatedFat: : -

Directions

  1. Preheat oven to 350 degrees F (175 degrees C).

  2. In a medium bowl, cream together the shortening and sugar. Beat in the eggs, one at a time then stir in the vanilla. Combine the flour and baking powder, stir into the mixture alternately with the milk. Drop dough by spoonfuls or roll out dough on a lightly floured surface to 1/4 inch in thickness. Cut with cookie cutters into desired shapes. Place cookies 1 1/2 inches apart onto an ungreased cookie sheet.

  3. Bake for 8 to 10 minutes in the preheated oven. Allow cookies to cool on baking sheet for 5 minutes before removing to a wire rack to cool completely.

Recipe Yield

2 to 3 dozen

Recipe Note

These sugar cookies are very soft and fluffy for those of us who like them chewy, not hard or crisp. Try substituting strawberry flavoring for the vanilla!

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