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Old Fashioned Tea Cakes
"My Nanny’s old fashioned tea cakes are part of every food memory from my childhood. Like sweet biscuits, they are a little like cake, a little like cookies. My grandparents were children of The Depression. They had a special gift for making special things from simple ingredients. Making sure something hot was on the table was part of southern etiquette. There was never a time that we arrived that there were not hot biscuits or tea cakes fresh from the oven. It was ingrained in their nature to share what they had. I have so many memories of sitting at my Nanny’s table and eating these tea cakes. Every one of those memories is special to me. I wish I could go back to that time in her kitchen and spend more time learning from her and a little less time avoiding chores. I also wish I could have known how special these little treats were as I was eating them – but that is not the nature of childhood. "
Makes24 tea cakes
Preparation Time15 min
Cooking Time8 min
Cooking MethodOven
Cooking Vessel Sizecookie sheet
