These tea cake cookies are great for letting children frost them because they don’t crumble easily.
Original recipe makes 3 dozen
Ingredients
4 eggs
1 cup butter flavored shortening
2 cups white sugar
2 teaspoons baking powder
6 cups all-purpose flour
Directions
- Cream together eggs, butter, sugar and baking powder. Stir in the flour. Dough will be stiff.
- Shape in walnut sized balls and flatten with the bottom of a glass.
- Place on an ungreased cookie sheet and bake at 350 degrees F (175 degrees C) for 8 minutes. If you brown them, you’ve overbaked them. These may also be rolled out and cut with cookie cutters.
Nutrition
Calories: 359 kcal
Carbohydrates: 54.2 g
Cholesterol: 47 mg
Fat: 13.4 g
Fiber: 1.1 g
Protein: 5.7 g
Sodium: 71 mg