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Tea cake cookies

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These old fashioned tea cakes are my grandmother's recipe. They are a little like cake, a little like a cookie. I also love they are made with things I have in my pantry already! #teacakes #vintage #oldfashioned #baking

My Nanny's southern old fashioned tea cakes are part of every food memory from my childhood. Like sweet biscuits, they are part cake, part cookie!

Russian Tea Cakes are tender, buttery cookies with a light nutty flavor all covered in powdered sugar! One of my most requested Christmas cookie recipes! #russianteacakes #snowballcookies #christmascookies

5 · 50 minutes · Russian Tea Cakes are tender, buttery cookies with a light nutty flavor all covered in powdered sugar! Also called "Snowballs," these cookies are delicious and a wonderful holiday classic!

6 ingredients

Baking & Spices
  • 2 1/4 cups All-purpose flour
  • 1 1/2 cups Powdered sugar
  • 1/2 tsp Salt
  • 2 tsp Vanilla extract
Nuts & Seeds
  • 3/4 cup Nuts
Dairy
  • 1 cup Butter, unsalted
Mention “Tea Cakes” to different people and you are sure to get different thoughts on the subject. What is a tea cake? According to my favorite internet source (aka Wikipedia): A teacake in England is a light yeast-based sweet bun containing dried fruit, typically served toasted and buttered. In the U.S. tea cakes can be cookies or small cakes. And...

With some basic ingredients that you have in your pantry, you can make a batch of Old Fashioned Southern Tea Cakes. I bet you can't eat just one.

I've baked many batches of different cookies through the years, but family and friends tell me these are the best. The simple buttery flavor appeals to all.

4 · 20 minutes · I’ve baked many batches of cookies through the years, but family and friends tell me these southern treats are the best. The simple buttery flavor appeals to all.—Doris McGough, Dothan, AL

7 ingredients

Refrigerated
  • 3 Eggs, large
Baking & Spices
  • 3 cups All-purpose flour
  • 2 tsp Baking powder
  • 1/4 tsp Salt
  • 1 1/2 cups Sugar
  • 1 tbsp Vanilla extract
Dairy
  • 1 cup Butter
You won't need Paula Deen after you dry my delicious and butter filled Southern Tea Cakes: the classic cakey cookie recipe of the South.

The best (and easiest) Southern Tea Cakes Recipe (or tea cake cookies recipe) is here! You will feel like you are right in the South after making and serving these, not to mention eating them.

Tea Cakes - Old-fashioned Southern Recipe

Tea cakes are buttery and slightly soft, not as sweet as a sugar cookie and falling somewhere between a cookie and a cake.

Russian Tea Cakes are a buttery cookie filled with pecans; they're my mom's famous recipe! Whether you call them Snowball Cookies or Wedding Cookies these are the perfect classic Christmas cookie recipe!

64 · 35 minutes · This is my Mom's famous Russian Teacake recipe! This classic recipe is a family favorite, wether you call them snowballs or teacakes or wedding cookies!

7 ingredients

Baking & Spices
  • 2 1/4 cups All-purpose flour
  • 1/2 cup Powdered sugar
  • 1 Powdered sugar
  • 1/4 tsp Salt
  • 1 tsp Vanilla
Nuts & Seeds
  • 3/4 cup Nuts
Dairy
  • 1 cup Butter, unsalted
Southern Tea Cakes are perfect for afternoon coffee or tea. This old-fashioned recipe is similar to a sugar cookie and makes an easy snack.

21 · 27 minutes · Southern Tea Cakes are perfect for afternoon coffee or tea. This old-fashioned recipe is similar to a sugar cookie and makes an easy snack.

9 ingredients

Refrigerated
  • 2 Eggs, large
Baking & Spices
  • 3 cups All-purpose flour
  • 1 tsp Baking soda
  • 1 1/4 cups Granulated sugar
  • 1 Granulated sugar
  • 1/4 tsp Salt
  • 1 tsp Vanilla extract
Dairy
  • 1 cup Butter
  • 3 tbsp Buttermilk
This Russian Tea Cakes Recipe creates melt in your mouth buttery cookies that have pecans and are rolled in powdered sugar. A classic holiday cookie to share with everyone you love!

This Russian Tea Cakes Recipe creates melt in your mouth buttery cookies that have pecans and are rolled in powdered sugar. A classic holiday cookie to share with everyone you love!

Old Fashioned Tea Cake Cookies are a favorite here in the south. They are made with just a few simple ingredients you probably have in your pantry–sugar, butter, eggs, oil, vanilla, flour and some odds and ends So easy! #desserts #teacakes #teacakecookies #homemadecookies #cookies #homeatcedarspringsfarm

14 · 30 minutes · Old Fashioned Tea Cake Cookies are a favorite here in the south. They are made with just a few simple ingredients you probably have in your pantry–sugar, butter, eggs, oil, vanilla, flour and some odds and ends So easy! #desserts #teacakes #teacakecookies #homemadecookies #cookies #homeatcedarspringsfarm

10 ingredients

Refrigerated
  • 2 Eggs
Baking & Spices
  • 4 1/2 cups All purpose flour
  • 2 tsp Baking powder
  • 1 tsp Baking soda
  • 2 tsp Cream of tartar
  • 1 cup Powdered sugar
  • 1 cup Sugar
  • 1 tsp Vanilla
Oils & Vinegars
  • 1 cup Oil
Dairy
  • 2 sticks Butter

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Easy to make Snowball cookies, perfect for Christmas baking! They are so soft and melt in your mouth!
Mexican Tea Cakes are buttery, crumbly, and delicate cookies that are made with butter, sugar, and flour. These tender cookies make for edible gifts in boxes during the holiday season. Dust them twice with powdered sugar to make a magical tray of snowball cookies that can be served for dessert or with afternoon tea! For more delicious and healthy recipes, subscribe to streamofflavors.com!
These light melt in your mouth gluten free Russian tea cookies are the best cookies, ever! They are fun to make with simple easy to find ingredients. www.fearlessdining.com
Vanilla Sugar is a Baking Basics ingredient you should have in your kitchen. Everything you make will taste so much better and have so much more flavor. Bring your cakes, cookies, pies and everything else you bake to the next level!