Tea Cakes II recipe

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Ingredients

4 eggs
1 cup butter flavored shortening
2 cups white sugar
2 teaspoons baking powder
6 cups all-purpose flour

Nutrition Info

359 calories
carbohydrate: 54.2 g
cholesterol: 41.3 mg
fat: 13.4 g
fiber: 1.1 g
protein: 5.7 g
saturatedFat: 3.4 g
servingSize: -
sodium: 70.6 mg
sugar: 22.4 g
transFat: : -
unsaturatedFat: : -

Directions

  1. Cream together eggs, butter, sugar and baking powder. Stir in the flour. Dough will be stiff.

  2. Shape in walnut sized balls and flatten with the bottom of a glass.

  3. Place on an ungreased cookie sheet and bake at 350 degrees F (175 degrees C) for 8 minutes. If you brown them, you've overbaked them. These may also be rolled out and cut with cookie cutters.

Recipe Yield

3 dozen

Recipe Note

These tea cake cookies are great for letting children frost them because they don't crumble easily.

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