Prohibition Tea Cakes

Name: Prohibition Tea Cakes
Ingredients: 1 cup butter; 1 cup sugar; 1/2 cup sweet wine (homemade or bootleg); 1/2 teaspoon salt; 1/2 teaspoon cinnamon; 1 teaspoon vanilla; 1 teaspoon baking powder; 4 cups sifted flour

8 ingredients

6 steps

Ingredients

1 cup butter
1 cup sugar
1/2 cup sweet wine (homemade or bootleg)
1/2 teaspoon salt
1/2 teaspoon cinnamon
1 teaspoon vanilla
1 teaspoon baking powder
4 cups sifted flour

Directions

1

Cream butter soft, add sugar, continue creaming until well mixed. Beat in wine, add salt, cinnamon and vanilla.
2

Sift in flour gradually while beating, add baking powder to second cup flour.
3

Mix well, roll out one-quarter inch thick on floured biscuit board. Cut with fancy cake cutters. Put in greased pans dusted with flour.
4

Sprinkle granulated sugar over tops. Bake in moderate oven. Makes about forty cakes.
5

** That is the recipe as stated. Moderate oven I would say is about 350°F It doesn't give a time. 15 minutes would likely be long enough at that temperature I suggest trying them at 275°F for 45 minutes.
6

Don't get raided by the coppers! :).