Old Fashioned Tea Cakes

Name: Old Fashioned Tea Cakes
Ingredients: 2 1/2 c. sugar; 1 c. lard or Crisco; 2/3 c. sweet milk; 3 tsp. cream of tartar (in milk); flour (about 1 large sifter full, 4 c.); 1 tsp. salt; 1 tsp. vanilla; 3 eggs; 2 tsp. baking soda (in milk)

9 ingredients

7 steps

Ingredients

2 1/2 c. sugar
1 c. lard or Crisco
2/3 c. sweet milk
3 tsp. cream of tartar (in milk)
flour (about 1 large sifter full, 4 c.)
1 tsp. salt
1 tsp. vanilla
3 eggs
2 tsp. baking soda (in milk)

Directions

1

Cream sugar in lard.
2

Add cream of tartar and soda to milk. Mix liquid ingredients with vanilla and eggs and add to sugar mixture.
3

Add salt to flour and sift.
4

Add enough to liquid mixture to make a dough that can be rolled out.
5

Roll it out on floured cloth or board and cut with large biscuit cutter.
6

Bake at 375° for 10 to 12 minutes or until lightly brown around edges. Store in a tightly closed container.
7

This recipe will make about 90 large cookies.