Anne's Teacakes (tea Cakes)

Total Time: 42 mins Preparation Time: 30 mins Cook Time: 12 mins

Ingredients

• Servings: 72
• 1 1/4 cups sugar
• 1/2 cup crisco
• 1/2 cup buttermilk
• 1 teaspoon vanilla
• 1 egg
• 1/2 teaspoon baking powder
• 1/2 teaspoon baking soda
• 4 cups flour

Recipe

• 1 in a large bowl, beat sugar and crisco until smooth and creamy.
• 2 add egg, buttermilk, and vanilla, and beat until mixed.
• 3 in a separate bowl, sift together baking powder, baking soda, and flour.
• 4 add a little of the flour mixture at a time to the sugar mixture stirring by hand until it is thick, smooth, and easy to roll out.
• 5 sprinkle wax paper with flour, and place 1/2 of the dough onto the wax paper. flatten out and sprinkle with a touch more flour to keep from sticking.
• 6 roll dough thin. cut with 2 inch cookie cutter.
• 7 repeat with remaining dough until all dough has been used.
• 8 bake on cookie sheet for 10-12 minutes at 375 degrees.
• 9 can be eaten plain or made into sandwich cookies with chocolate icing or sweet milk and sugar icing.