Old Fashion Tea Cakes
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Old Fashion Tea Cakes
Merry Christmas!
I want to share this recipe that my family enjoys.
Old Fashion Tea Cakes
Ingredients:
2 sticks margarine
1 /1/3 cups sugar
1 teaspoon vanilla
3 eggs
2 1/2 - 3 cups sifted self rising flour (sift before measuring)
Directions:
Melt margarine
Beat 3 eggs
Mix margarine and sugar
Add eggs
Add flour and vanilla
Drop by teaspoon on cookie sheet ( I always use parchment paper)
Bake at 350 for 8 minutes
Allow to cool before placing in cookie jar
These will be soft and delicious.
Enjoy! I have found these to be a favorite of both those young in years to the ones of us older in years.
I want to share this recipe that my family enjoys.
Old Fashion Tea Cakes
Ingredients:
2 sticks margarine
1 /1/3 cups sugar
1 teaspoon vanilla
3 eggs
2 1/2 - 3 cups sifted self rising flour (sift before measuring)
Directions:
Melt margarine
Beat 3 eggs
Mix margarine and sugar
Add eggs
Add flour and vanilla
Drop by teaspoon on cookie sheet ( I always use parchment paper)
Bake at 350 for 8 minutes
Allow to cool before placing in cookie jar
These will be soft and delicious.
Enjoy! I have found these to be a favorite of both those young in years to the ones of us older in years.
Last edited by BCM; 12-08-2013 at 09:10 AM.
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Never use margarine, but a stick of butter is eight (8) tablespoons, or 1/4 pound. I would check on line for the exact the weight.
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Thanks for the recipe. Sounds just right for my 2 yo DGS.
For us, non Americans, sometimes it's hard to 'translate' a recipe. 1/4 pound is still American pounds weighing less than our pounds That much I know. I'm getting better at the American recipes but sometimes it takes me quite a lot of time to find out about some ingredients
For us, non Americans, sometimes it's hard to 'translate' a recipe. 1/4 pound is still American pounds weighing less than our pounds That much I know. I'm getting better at the American recipes but sometimes it takes me quite a lot of time to find out about some ingredients
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I am not positive but I think 2 sticks of margarine (butter) is equal to 1/2 pound of the same. I believe a stick is equal to 1/4 lb.each but check as sometimes some companies vary their packaging. Canada has gone to metric & here, that's what a stick equals.
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A pound of butter is 16 ounces.[4 sticks]....1/2 pound is 8 ounces [2 sticks] don't know how that translates to your measurements.....
Sounds like a recipe I will have to try to make it Gluten Free......shouldn't be too much trouble.
Sounds like a recipe I will have to try to make it Gluten Free......shouldn't be too much trouble.
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The 'old fashioned teacakes' I remember from my youth (long, ago in a far away land), were more like biscuits--and cut with a biscuit cutter---hence the name tea "cakes", I always tho't. My great aunt made them and the neighborhood kids would munch for the longest time. I would love to know how she did them. I found an old recipe of my MIL's recently and I'm going to give it a try, but waiting for the world to slow down a bit. So much going on right now.
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