Old Fashioned Tea Cakes Recipe

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Old Fashioned Tea Cakes
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Ingredients:

  • 3/4 cup sugar
  • 1 cup butter or 1 cup margarine
  • 1 egg
  • 2 1/2 cups all-purpose flour
  • 1/2 tsp baking powder
  • 1/2 tsp vanilla

Directions:

  1. Cream butter and sugar.
  2. Add egg.
  3. Sift flour and baking powder together.
  4. Add to first mixture.
  5. Add vanilla.
  6. Roll on floured board to about 1/4 inch thick and cut with cookie cutter. (I use powdered sugar to roll out the cookies, it makes life a bit more fun for my kids). If the dough gets a little hard to work with (on the 2nd or 3rd rolling of scraps ), form a ball and place it (wrapped) into the refrigerator for 10 minutes to let the dough firm back up.
  7. Decorate with colored sugar and sprinkles if you want to do so before baking.
  8. Bake 7 - 10 minute in oven, preheated to 350 degrees.
  9. Allow the cookies to cool slightly before removing to a cooling rack with a flat metal spatula (pancake turner). Cool completely before decorating with icing.
  10. I've tripled this recipe without any issue. If you scale up, keep most of the dough in the refrigerator and work a reasonable quantity at a time.
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Nutrition Facts

Per ServingPer 100 g
Amount Per 1 Serving
Calories 531.1 Kcal (2224 kJ)
Calories from fat 287.09 Kcal
% Daily Value*
Total Fat 31.9g 49%
Cholesterol 108.62mg 36%
Sodium 16.32mg 1%
Potassium 117.83mg 3%
Total Carbs 54.9g 18%
Sugars 14.75g 59%
Dietary Fiber 1.57g 6%
Protein 6.54g 13%
Vitamin A 0.4mg 13%
Iron 0.7mg 4%
Calcium 39.2mg 4%
Amount Per 100 g
Calories 469.93 Kcal (1968 kJ)
Calories from fat 254.03 Kcal
% Daily Value*
Total Fat 28.23g 49%
Cholesterol 96.11mg 36%
Sodium 14.44mg 1%
Potassium 104.26mg 3%
Total Carbs 48.58g 18%
Sugars 13.05g 59%
Dietary Fiber 1.39g 6%
Protein 5.79g 13%
Vitamin A 0.3mg 13%
Iron 0.6mg 4%
Calcium 34.7mg 4%

* Percent Daily Values are based on a 2000 calorie diet. Your daily values may be higher or lower depending on your calorie needs.
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Tastes

  • salty
  • savory
  • bitter
  • sweet
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Weightwatchers Points

  • 13
    Points
  • 15
    PointsPlus

Good Points

  • saturated fat free,
  • very low sodium

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