Making Tea Cakes

Making tea cakes are fun for the family. Though, they can be a difficult to make such as not using enough sugar or over mixing your dough. I will provide you with easy instructions so that you can have perfect tea cakes each time.

Step 1: How to Make Tea Cakes

Things You"ll Need:

1 stick unsalted butter, room temperature

¾ cup granulated sugar

1 large egg at room temperature

2 teaspoons pure vanilla extract

1½ cup all-purpose flour

¼ teaspoon salt

¼ teaspoon baking soda

Step 2:

Stir together the flour, salt and baking soda in a medium mixing bowl

set aside dry mixture for later use

Step 3:

Add butter and sugar in a mixing bowl

Step 4:

Beat butter and sugar cream together on high speed until fluffy and smooth (about 4-5 minutes).

Step 5:

Add in one egg and vanilla extract and

beat until well incorporated

Step 6:

Add in flour mixture in intervals of three

Stirring after each addition to incorporate.

Step 7:

Remove dough from mixer

Step 8:

Add dough to a ziploc bag

Step 9:

Place Ziploc bag in your refrigerator for at least one hour to firm up dough

Step 10:

Remove Ziploc bag from the fridge (once firm)

Step 11:

Preheat your oven to 325 degrees.

Step 12:

Line your cookie sheet with parchment paper

Step 13:

Spread cookie dough on cookie sheet

Step 14:

Pull portions of cookie dough apart

Step 15:

Roll into a ball

Step 16:

Place cookie dough ball on cookie sheet

Step 17:

Roll the rest of the dough leaving at least a 1½ inches between each dough ball

Step 18:

Press the center gently"with your thumb" to flatten the cookie dough

Step 19:

Put tea cake dough in oven

Bake for 9-11 minutes until golden brown on the edges

Step 20:

Remove tea cakes from the oven

cool for 5-10 minutes and serve