Old-Fashioned Southern Tea Cakes
2
Points® value
Total Time
30 min
Prep
20 min
Cook
10 min
Serves
24
Difficulty
Easy
Made with flour, butter, sugar, an egg, and vanilla, tea cakes are very simple cookies, perfect for an afternoon snack. The name for these cookies is a bit deceptive since they are not really cakes, but rather soft, delicate, and fluffy cookies with the texture of a cake. This buttery, not-too-sweet snack should be, as the name suggests, served warm with tea.
Ingredients
Unsalted butter
¼ cup(s), at room temperature
Powdered sugar (confectioner's)
2 tbsp(s)
Dark brown sugar
2 tbsp(s)
Vanilla extract
½ tsp(s)
Egg
1 large, at room temperature
Self-rising flour
1½ cup(s)