Best Tea Cake Cookies Recipes

TEA CAKE COOKIES

Steps:

• Beat the butter at medium speed with an electric mixer until creamy; gradually add the sugar, beating well. Add the eggs 1 at a time, beating until blended after each addition. Add the vanilla, beating until blended.
• Combine the flour, baking soda and salt; gradually add the flour mixture to the butter mixture, beating at low speed until blended.
• Divide the dough in half; wrap each portion in plastic wrap and refrigerate 1 hour.
• Heat the oven to 350 degrees F. Line 2 baking sheets with parchment paper. Roll half of the dough out to 1/4-inch thickness on a floured surface. Cut out cookies with a 2 1/2-inch round cutter, and place 1 inch apart on the prepared baking sheets. Bake until the edges begin to brown, 10 to 12 minutes, rotating the sheets and switching their positions halfway through baking time. Let cookies stand on baking sheets 5 minutes. Transfer to wire racks to cool. Repeat procedure with remaining dough.

POLISH TEA CAKE COOKIES (CIASTKA ZKONISERWIL)

Steps:

• Cream butter & sugar til light, add egg yolk then vanilla mixing well after each. Add flour w/ salt. Roll dough into small balls, dip into beaten egg whites & roll in chopped nuts. Place on GREASED cookie sheet. Press down center of each. Bake at 325 for 5 minutes & press down centers again. Bake additional 10 - 15 mins. till golden on bottom. Add raspberry preserves while still warm

PEACH TEA CAKE COOKIES

Steps:

• pre-heat oven 375 line baking sheet with parchment paper beat butter and sugar about 2 minutes add eggs 1 at a time add vanilla and peach extract scrape down bottom and sides of bowl slowly add flour, baking powder and baking soda stir in white choclate chips and walnuts drop dough onto baking sheet about 2 inches apart using an ice cream scoop bake 15 minutes until golden transfer cookies to a cooling rack and completely cool

TEA CAKE SANDWICH COOKIES

Steps:

• Whisk flour and salt in medium bowl to blend well. Using electric mixer, beat butter and 2/3 cup sugar in large bowl until fluffy. Beat in milk, lemon peel, and vanilla extract. Add flour mixture and beat until blended. Gather dough into ball; divide in half. Flatten into disks. Wrap in plastic and chill at least 2 hours. (Can be made 2 days ahead. Keep chilled. Let soften slightly before rolling out.)
• Roll out each dough disk between sheets of waxed paper to 14x11-inch rectangle, occasionally lifting waxed paper to smooth out wrinkles. Refrigerate dough on baking sheets, still between sheets of waxed paper, until cold and firm, about 30 minutes. Place 1 dough piece on work surface. Peel off top sheet of waxed paper. Press same waxed paper gently back onto dough. Turn dough over (still between waxed paper sheets). Peel off top sheet of waxed paper and discard. Using 2 1/4-inch scalloped round cutter and with dough still on waxed paper bottom, cut out cookies. Using 1- to 1 1/4-inch scalloped round cutter, cut out center from half of cookies. Gather dough centers and excess dough around cutouts; shape excess dough into disk and chill. Slide waxed paper with cutouts onto baking sheet and chill. Repeat with remaining dough disk, cutting out rounds, cutting centers from half of rounds to make top rings, and gathering and chilling excess dough. Roll out excess dough between sheets of waxed paper, making more cookie bottoms and top rings. Repeat rolling and cutting until all of dough is used.
• Position rack in center of oven and preheat to 350°F. Spray 2 large baking sheets with nonstick spray. Using metal spatula to lift cutouts from waxed paper, transfer cookie bottoms to 1 prepared sheet and top rings to second sheet, spacing slightly apart (cookies spread very little). Sprinkle some top rings with colored sugar crystals (or leave plain to decorate later). Bake cookies, 1 sheet at a time, until pale golden, about 8 minutes. Cool cookies on baking sheets 5 minutes. Transfer cookies to racks; cool completely.
• Arrange cookie bottoms on work surface. Spread each with 1 teaspoon preserves. Sift powdered sugar over plain cookie rings or decorate with icing and sugar crystals or edible glitter as desired. Press 1 top ring onto each prepared cookie bottom. (Cookies can be made 3 days ahead. Store airtight between sheets of waxed paper in refrigerator.)

SIMPLE SOUTHERN TEA CAKE COOKIES

Steps:

• Cream butter; add sugar and well beaten egg. Add salt and vanilla flavoring. Sift flour and baking powder. Add slowly to mixture, alternating with milk until mixed. Drop by spoonful and gently flatten. Bake at 350 degrees for 8 to 12 minutes depending on oven and size of spoon that you use.

ME-MAW'S TEA CAKE COOKIES

Steps:

• Cream butter gradually adding sugar. Add eggs one at a time, slowly adding other ingredients with vanilla last.
• The cookie dough should be divided to form balls of 2 cups size or so that are then rolled out to be about 1/4" thick and cut with circle cutters. (Or you can roll dough into quarter size balls and flatten out on cookie sheet)
• Cookies should be baked in a 400 degree oven on a lightly greased cookie sheet for about 10 minutes until lightly golden.