Anne's Teacakes Tea Cakes

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I can remember sitting in the kitchen watching my mom make these as a little girl. I didn't even know what a rolling pin was for the longest, because my mom always used a smooth glass to roll the dough, then used the opening as the cookie cutter! I love these plain, but my mom quite often frosted and made sandwich cookies with recipe#251093 and recipe#261588. There are a couple of similar recipes, but they use more shortening. My mother listed the amount as 1/3 cup heaping...which is more like 1/2 cup.

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Steps

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In a large bowl , beat sugar and crisco until smooth and creamy.

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Add egg , buttermilk , and vanilla , and beat until mixed.

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In a separate bowl , sift together baking powder , baking soda , and flour.

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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.

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Sprinkle wax paper with flour , and place 1 / 2 of the dough onto the wax paper.

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Flatten out and sprinkle with a touch more flour to keep from sticking.

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Roll dough thin.

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Cut with 2 inch cookie cutter.

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Repeat with remaining dough until all dough has been used.

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Bake on cookie sheet for 10-12 minutes at 375 degrees.

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Can be eaten plain or made into sandwich cookies with chocolate icing or sweet milk and sugar icing.

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Ingredients

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sugar, crisco, buttermilk, vanilla, egg, baking powder, baking soda, flour