Mckinley Tea Cakes Recipes

TEA CAKES

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 350 degrees F (175 degrees C). Grease a baking sheet.
• Beat butter and sugar in a bowl until creamy. Stir in flour, vanilla extract, baking powder, and baking soda until dough is well mixed. Drop spoonfuls of dough 2 inches apart onto prepared baking sheet.
• Bake in preheated oven until lightly browned, 5 to 10 minutes.

MCKINLEY TEA CAKES

Steps:

• Combine the powdered sugar, granulated sugar, margarine, oil, eggs and vanilla.
• Cream well.
• Add in the flour, baking soda, baking powder, and cream of tartar.
• Mix well.
• Chill the dough in the refrigerator for 1 hour.
• Pinch off pieces of the dough and roll in small walnut-sized balls.
• Place on a cookie sheet.
• Bake at 300-325 degrees for 10-15 minutes, depending on your oven and how crisp you like them.
• Baking for approx.
• 10 minutes will yield a softer cookie, as they get crisper the longer they bake.

LITTLE CHERRY TEA CAKES

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 400 degrees.
• Cream together butter, sugar, eggs, vanilla.
• Add cherries.
• Add nuts.
• Add flour.
• Drop by small teaspoons onto lightly greased cookie sheet.
• Bake 9 minutes.

PUMPKIN TEA CAKES

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 350 degrees.
• Line 42 miniature muffin cups with 1 1/2 inch bon bon papers or small baking cups.
• In a medium bowl, combine oil, egg, sugar, pumpkin and water.
• Add flour, baking soda, baking powder, salt, cinnamon, cloves and nutmeg, blend well.
• Stir in chopped pecans and dates.
• Spoon into paper baking cups, filling almost full.
• Top each with a pecan or walnut half.
• Bake 15-17 minutes or until a wooden pick inserted in centre comes out clean.
• Remove from muffin cups, cool on racks.

GRANDMA'S OLD FASHIONED TEA CAKES

Steps:

• In a medium bowl, cream together the butter and sugar until smooth. Beat in the eggs one at a time, then stir in the vanilla. Combine the flour, baking soda, salt and nutmeg; stir into the creamed mixture. Knead dough for a few turnns on a floured board until smooth. Cover and refrigerate until firm.
• Preheat the oven to 325 degrees F (165 degrees C). On a lightly floured surface, roll the dough out to 1/4 inch in thickness. Cut into desired shapes with cookie cutters. Place cookies 1 1/2 inches apart onto cookie sheets.
• Bake for 8 to 10 minutes in the preheated oven. Allow cookies to cool on baking sheet for 5 minutes before removing to a wire rack to cool completely.