Old-Fashioned Southern Tea Cakes
Simple buttery Southern sugar cookies with a hint of nutmeg, chilled, rolled into balls and flattened before baking.
| prepPreheat oven to 350°F / 175°C | ||||||
| prepLine a baking sheet with parchment or grease lightly | ||||||
| 225 g butter | Cream butter & sugar | Beat in eggs & vanilla | Mix dry into creamed; chill 1 hr | Roll 1-inch balls; flatten | Bake 350°F / 175°C, 10-12 min | Cool on rack |
| 350 g granulated sugar | ||||||
| 2 eggs | ||||||
| 1 tsp pure vanilla extract | ||||||
| 375 g plain flour | Whisk flour, soda, salt & nutmeg | |||||
| 1/2 tsp baking soda | ||||||
| 1/2 tsp salt | ||||||
| 1/4 tsp ground nutmeg | ||||||
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