Best Tammy Wynettes Old Fashioned Tea Cakes Recipes

GRANDMA'S OLD FASHIONED TEA CAKES

Steps:

• In a medium bowl, cream together the butter and sugar until smooth. Beat in the eggs one at a time, then stir in the vanilla. Combine the flour, baking soda, salt and nutmeg; stir into the creamed mixture. Knead dough for a few turnns on a floured board until smooth. Cover and refrigerate until firm.
• Preheat the oven to 325 degrees F (165 degrees C). 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.
• 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.

OLD FASHIONED TEA CAKES

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 350F and lightly grease baking sheet.
• Cream butter and sugar together; add orange rind, juice and egg.
• Beat thoroughly.
• Sift flour, baking powder and salt together; add to mixture and mix thoroughly.
• Place on a floured board and roll thinly.
• Cut with a large round, scalloped cookie cutter.
• Place on prepared baking sheet, sprinkle with sugar and bake for about 12 minutes or until golden.

GRANDMOTHER'S OLD-TIME TEA CAKES

Steps:

• Mix shortening and sugar together with pastry blender or two forks.
• Combine eggs, buttermilk, and vanilla. Stir wet ingredients into shortening/sugar mixture.
• Sift flour, baking soda, and baking powder together.
• Sift dry ingredients in with wet ingredients and mix thoroughly. Dough should be the correct consistancy to roll, so you may need to add or decrease the dry ingredients as necessary.
• Place dough on lightly floured board or pastry cloth and roll out to approximately 1/4 inch thick.
• Cut cookies with round cookie cutter (my grandmother used a 2-inch biscuit cutter) and place onto an ungreased cookie sheet.
• Bake at 350 degrees for 10 to 15 minutes until just beginning to brown. Don't overcook!
• Store in a covered tin or plastic container.

OLD FASHIONED TEA CAKES

Steps:

• In medium bowl stir together eggs, sugar, oil and vanilla.
• Gradually add flour.
• Drop by rounded teaspoonful onto lightly sprayed cookie sheet.
• Bake 8-10 minutes @ 400*.
• Hint: Cookies can be made thicker or thinner by adding more flour or decreasing it. I like my cookies soft , so I only bake my cookies for 8 minutes. If you like crispy cookies bake them for the whole ten minutes.

GRANNY'S OLD - FASHION TEA CAKES

Steps:

• 1. Cream butter; add sugar and well beaten egg. Add salt and flavoring. Sift flour and baking powder. Add slowly to mixture, alternating with milk until mixed. Roll 1/8 inch thick and cut with biscuit cutter. Bake at 350 degrees for 10 to 15 minutes.

TEA CAKES

Steps:

• In a large bowl, cream butter and sugar until light and fluffy. Add eggs, one at a time, beating well after each addition. Beat in vanilla. Combine the flour, baking powder and salt; gradually add to the creamed mixture (the dough will be soft). , Drop by teaspoonfuls 2 in. apart onto greased baking sheets. Bake at 375° for 7-8 minutes or until the edges are golden brown. Remove to wire racks to cool.

NEE NEE'S OLD TIMEY TEA CAKES

Steps:

• Cream butter and sugar until fluffy.
• Add eggs and mix well.
• Add remaining ingredients and mix well.
• Drop by spoonfuls onto lightly greased cookie sheets, or a cookie sheet lined with parchment paper.
• Bake at 375 degrees Fahrenheit for about 10 minutes until lightly brown.
• You can also "roll" this mixture out and use cookie cutters to make shapes.

TAMMY WYNETTE'S OLD FASHIONED TEA CAKES

Steps:

• 1. Soften margarine to room temperature. Add eggs, sugar and vanilla. Mix well.
• 2. Add baking powder to flour. Sift together slowly into margarine mixture.
• 3. Roll out dough on floured board and cut with cookie cutter.
• 4. Bake in preheated oven at 350 degrees until as brown as desired. About 8 to 10 minutes.