Old-Fashioned Tea Cakes Recipe: Buttery, Tender
Classic soft, buttery Southern tea cakes with nutmeg.
Ingredients
- 1 cup unsalted butter softened
- 1½ cups granulated sugar
- 2 large eggs
- 1 tsp vanilla extract
- 3½ cups all-purpose flour
- 1 tsp baking soda
- ½ tsp kosher salt
- ½ tsp ground nutmeg
Instructions
- Cream butter + sugar until fluffy.
- Beat in eggs + vanilla.
- Whisk dry ingredients; add to wet.
- Chill the dough for 1 hour.
- Roll ¼-inch thick; cut rounds.
- Bake at 350°F for 10–12 min until edges are golden.
- Cool; optional sugar dust.
Notes
• Pale centers = tender cookies
• Chill dough = better shape
• Freezes perfectly
• Try lemon or chocolate-dipped
• Pure Southern comfort
• Chill dough = better shape
• Freezes perfectly
• Try lemon or chocolate-dipped
• Pure Southern comfort