Shortbread

Tea Cakes

Tuesday, May 22, 2012

6:42 AM

From Queen Tootoo

1 CUP BUTTER (2 STICKS SOFTENED)

2/3 CUP SUGAR

1 EGG

1 TSP. VANILLA

2 ½ CUPS FLOUR

1 teaspoon of baking powder

BEAT TOGETHER BUTTER AND SUGAR, ADD EGG, VANILLA, FLOUR and BAKING POWDER. CONTINUE TO BEAT TILL ALL INGREDIENTS ARE BLENDED GOOD. 

PLACE DOUGH IN ICEBOX FOR 3 TO 4 HOURS. PRE-HEAT 
OVEN TO 350 WHEN READY TO MAKE YOUR TEA CAKES. 
ROLLOUT DOUGH TO THE THICKNESS YOU DESIRE, USUALLY ¼ “ THICK. AND THEN CUT WITH YOUR FAVORITE COOKIE CUTTER. BAKE YOUR COOKIES 8-10 MINUTES AND REMOVE IMMEDIATELY OFF THE COOKIE SHEETS, COOL ON WIRE RACKS. YUMMY PLAIN OR FROSTED… ENJOY 

Her Granny's Tea Cakes

I just found this which would be a quick shortbread also
3- Ingredient COOKIES

INGREDIENTS
– 
6 oz. (3/4 cup) butter, room temp.
– 
3.5 oz. (1/2 cup) superfine sugar
– 
9 oz. (2 1/4 cups) all purpose flour
– 

Raw sugar or large-granulated sugar for coating (1/2 cup is 
plenty)




DIRECTIONS
1. With a paddle attachment, beat together butter and sugar on medium speed until light and fluffy.
2. Add all of the flour in one go and let it mix until mixture resembles a crumb texture. (You can also do this step by hand. Rub the flour into butter and sugar until crumb-like.)
3. Dump cookie mixture onto a clean surface and continue by hand.
4. Lightly knead and work the crumbs until it forms a dough.
5. Shape the dough into a long rectangular prism.
6. Sprinkle raw sugar onto wax paper and roll the dough in it. After the dough is coated with sugar, transfer it onto plastic wrap and set it in the fridge or freezer to firm for about 30 minutes.
7. Slice the dough into 1cm thick square and place on cookie sheet.
8. Preheat oven to 325F and bake for 20 minutes or until lightly golden.

NO BAKE COOKIES

Ben wants No Bake Cookies to put in the Santa cookie jar. This is a recipe that my family made as children, the original from the Quaker oat box. I think the ingredients were something we always had on hand, and you need very little time. No one in our house was known for thinking ahead.

My sister, Leola, has kept this recipe alive. I'm not sure if she just likes them, they are quick, or if she doesn't like to bake cookies (that’s my excuse).
Now she makes them because of the gluten-free aspect.

Leola adds peanut butter to the recipe. I have included both.

1 cube butter, 4 oz

1/2 cup milk

1/3 cup cocoa

2 cups sugar

1/2 tsp salt

3 cups quick oats

1 tsp vanilla

Bring to a boil the butter, milk, cocoa, sugar and salt. Boil 2 minute from the point of a rolling boil. Remove from the heat and add oats than vanilla. Stir quickly, the mixture will start to set up.

Drop by teaspoons onto waxed/parchment paper. Makes 24-3" cookies.

Cool and enjoy.

Cut the cocoa down to 1/4 cup. Add 1/2 c peanut butter with the oats and vanilla. Leola feels the peanut butter cuts some of the richness from the cocoa.

SANDWICH (Whoopi) COOKIE

Spice with ginger filling

These would have been called whoopie cookies or cakes years ago. Pam Waters got it from her mother in Ohio.

                                                                     Heart shape devils food with marshmallow frosting below. 

1 Package devils food cake mix

Any flavor cake mix will work.

2 eggs, slightly beaten

1/3 c vegetable oil

In a mixing bowl, beat cake mix, eggs and oil (batter will be very stiff). Roll into 1-in balls; place on ungreased cookie sheets and flatten slightly. Bake at 350 for 8-10 minutes or until a slight indentation remains when lightly touched (its 10+ in my oven). Cool.

Divide cookies. Put frosting on half the cookies and use the other half for tops.

These have a somewhat cake texture if not baked too long.

You can use any frosting. Chocolate is always a winner.

 Marshmallow Filling

6TBS soft Butter

1 1/2 c powdered sugar

1 tsp Vanilla

1 7oz jar Marshmallow cream 

Cream butter and p.sugar. Add vanilla and Marshmallow. You may also add food color. 

Frosts 12 pies

Because I don't like to make cookies, these have always been my standby.The first ones I made were Spice cake with a Ginger frosting.

A couple years ago Oreo cookies came out with a "Cakester" almost like it. Was a little disappointing; I might could have gotten rich off that invention.