Favorite Old Fashion Tea Cakes Recipe
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I know I’ll cry before finishing this Favorite Old Fashion Tea Cakes recipe for you. It has such sweet memories for me of my great-grandmother.
As a little bitty girl, I remember standing on a chair in my Mawmaw’s kitchen helping her make Favorite Old Fashion Tea Cakes Recipe. She was one of the sweetest ladies I’ve ever known; God-fearing, patient, always encouraging, never had an unkind word to say about anyone, always had a warm hug for her great-granddaughter.
Because she lived in the age where ladies didn’t work, she was always home and took care of my brother and me before we were old enough to go to school. She played I Spy for hours sitting in her living room. We played baseball with balls she made out of yarn or fabric scraps. She made glue out of flour and water! I didn’t know you could make glue; I thought it was something you only bought in the white bottle with the orange top!
Other than the time we buried the cat alive, we always had a great time with Mawmaw. (We got into a little trouble for the cat incident. It is the only time I can remember her being upset or raising her voice!)
But my favorite by far was making these cookies.
Favorite Old Fashion Tea Cakes recipe
They are thin and crisp and the perfect buttery bite. She was so patient with me mixing and measuring and teaching me how to do it just so. She insisted on sifting the flour three times. This recipe always makes me think of those fun times.
I hope you enjoy this recipe as much as I have over the years. Additionally, I hope you go make memories baking them with someone you love. Those memories will last a lifetime. I know.
Do you have a special recipe that you made with someone when you were younger?
Favorite Old Fashion Tea Cakes
Ingredients
- 1 cup butter at room temperature
- 2 cup granulated sugar
- 2 large eggs
- 1 Tablespoon whole milk
- 1 teaspoon freshly grated nutmeg or lemon
- 1 teaspoon pure vanilla extract
- 4 cups all purpose flour My Mawmaw was very specific about the flour being sifted 3 times!
- 2 teaspoon baking powder
- 1/2 teaspoon salt
Instructions
- Cream butter and sugar, add eggs one at a time mixing well after each addition. Add milk, nutmeg or lemon, and vanilla. In another bowl sift flour, baking powder and salt together and combine with other wet ingredients.
- 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 ungreased cookie sheets. Bakein oven at 325 degrees for 8 to 10 minutes. Allow cookies to cool on baking sheet for 3 minutes before removing to a wire rack to cool completely.
Notes
Nutrition
Nutritional information given is an automatic calculation and can vary based on the exact products you use and changes you make to the recipe. If these numbers are important to you, I recommend calculating them yourself.
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Thank you for sharing your fond food memories with us Paula, it is so heartwarming, certainly more than a cookie 🙂
These are great cookies, and your post is sooooooooooooo moving 🙂
I enjoyed reading it, and i could actually see you with your great-grandma
Thank you, Winnie! She was so sweet, I’m happy I have these memories. Thanks for your sweet words.
I love those days back then when the ladies were never out to work…and they baked and played with us during the day. Love this recipe and the memory you shared with us. (=
She sounds like my grandmother. I adored that woman! I would watch her make perfect biscuits and fried apricot pies. She made the most beautiful quilts. She would let me help her cut out pieces of fabric. I remember getting in trouble one time when I did not want to put the scissors away. Funny how it only took us 1 time to get in trouble. My grandmother laughed about for 20 years. I miss her. Thank you for sharing. I love tea cakes. My mom made lemon tea cakes. I can still see the flour all over the counter. Such memories attached to simple recipes.
Funn what we remember. My other grandmother quilted and I so wish I had learned how now. Thanks for sharing that with me.
Stopping by from Ducks in a Row party. Your cookies look AMAZING!!!
Thanks so much, Carrie!
Paula, I enjoyed reading this post about your great-grandmother. She sounds like a lovely lady. She would love that you are carrying on her tradition of making tea cakes. These look wonderful…I’ll have to bake up a batch sometime soon. Thanks for sharing your family recipe and lovely memories.
Thank you for your sweet words. Recipes bring back such sweet memories.
How wonderful that you have such great memories of your Me Maw!
Paula, I love this recipe and post! It brought a few tears to my eyes, sharing your memories and stirring up some of my own with my grandmother. Thank you so much for sharing this very special recipe with us and pinning! Have a merry day! 🙂
Thank you Cindy, it’s so important to share these recipes with your loved one’s. Thanks for your sweet words and for sharing.
What wonderful memories of your Mawmaw, she sounded like an incredible and super special woman with the heart of gold. Thank you so much for sharing these tea cakes with us that have such a special place in your heart. Pinning – they sound perfect Paula 🙂
Thank you, Kelly. They are much more than a cookie to me. Thanks for sharing.
I love the memories you have of your “mawmaw” — such a special bond you had. She sounded like an amazing woman, and these tea cakes must really take you back. Food is a powerful thing, and these look delicious. Lovely post, Paula!
Thank you, Marcie, that means so much to me.
Could these be made with Splenda
I have ever baked recipes using artificial sweeteners. Some of them suggests not heating over a certain temp.