Tea Cakes – page 146

Ingredients

1 c. Butter

1 c. Sugar

4 eggs

1 Tbsp. milk

1 tsp. Nutmeg

1 tsp. Vanilla

4 c. Flour

3 Tbsp. baking powder

Directions

Cream butter and sugar. Add eggs. Mix well. Add milk, nutmeg and vanilla. Sift flour and baking powder; combine with other mixture. Add flour, then cut. Bake on ungreased cookie sheet in 325-degree oven for 15 minutes.

Yields approximately 4 dozen cookies.

Submitted by: The late Hattie Pittman