Old Fashioned Tea Cakes

Total Time: 30 mins Preparation Time: 15 mins Cook Time: 15 mins

Ingredients

• 1 cup shortening
• 2 cups sugar
• 2 eggs
• 1 teaspoon baking powder
• 1 teaspoon baking soda
• 1/2 cup buttermilk
• 1 teaspoon salt
• 1 teaspoon vanilla extract
• 4 cups flour

Recipe

• 1 cream shortening, sugar, and eggs in a mixer bowl until light and fluffy.
• 2 stir in the baking powder dissolve the baking soda in the buttermilk.
• 3 stir into the creamed mixture.
• 4 add the salt and vanilla.
• 5 stir in the flour gradually until a soft dough forms.
• 6 drop by spoonfuls onto a greased cookie sheet.
• 7 press with a damp cloth wrapped around the bottom of a glass.
• 8 bake at 350*f for 10 to 15 minutes or until golden brown.
• 9 cool on wire racks.