TEA CAKES – The Southern Lady Cooks

These Previous Long-established Tea Truffles are a traditional from way back. Some folks might name them shortbread cookies, however both means they’re scrumptious.

Should you love old school recipes, additionally, you will love Kentucky Bourbon Balls. I’ve seen many recipes for these, however this one is genuine to an actual bourbon ball.

❤️WHY WE LOVE THIS RECIPE

When you’ve got adopted our web site for any period of time, then we love old school recipes, and we love sharing our Grandmother’s recipes. This was one among her favorites. She was from Mississippi, and he or she beloved to entertain her associates. She was very a lot a Southern Woman and beloved to make these for afternoon tea. She would all the time serve them on cute little plates.

🍴KEY INGREDIENTS

Pecans or walnuts

Butter, 

Brown sugar

Vanilla

All-purpose flour

Salt

SWAPS

There actually aren’t many swaps on this recipe until you need to change out the vanilla for almond, coconut, maple, and so forth. That’s actually about the one change that could possibly be made, apart from leaving the nuts out altogether.

🍽️HOW TO MAKE

Probably the most time-consuming a part of this recipe is letting the dough get chilly. You don’t need the fats supply, the butter to warmth up when you are working with the dough, so it have to be chilled.

COOKING STEPS

Step 1Mix all components with mixer till very crumbly. Take your fingers and form right into a ball and put in fridge till strong sufficient to pinch off a chunk and flatten on a tough floor.

Step 2Cut out shapes with cookie cutters.

Step 3Bake on a greased cookie sheet at 350 levels about 25 minutes. Simply earlier than eradicating from oven, activate the broiler for about 45 seconds and let brown on prime.

⭐TIP

In case your dough get too tender whereas slicing out the cookies, simply return to fridge for some time or between cooking.

SERVE THIS WITH

These scrumptious cookies are nice for Christmas and go nice with this Previous Long-established Snowball Cake. It’s a traditional for a motive!

❓FREQUENTLY ASKED QUESTIONS

STORING

These cookies will preserve for a number of months in an air-tight container. We make them at first of December and revel in them via the vacations.

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SERVING SIZE

This recipe makes 3-4 dozen relying on the dimensions of your cookie cutters.

Tea Truffles

Anne Walkup

Tea Truffles soften in your mouth. I’ve by no means come throughout anybody who does not like them. These buttery treats are typically referred to as shortbread cookies, however eithe means they’re scrumptious.

Cook dinner Time 25 minutes minutes

Course Cookies

Delicacies American

1/2 cup finely chopped pecans or walnuts2 sticks butter softened2/3 cup brown sugar1 tsp. vanilla2 cups all-purpose flour1/4 teaspoon salt

Combine all components with mixer till very crumbly. Take your fingers and form right into a ball and put in fridge till strong sufficient to pinch off a chunk and flatten on a tough floor. Lower out shapes with cookie cutters.

Bake on greased cookie sheet at 350 levels about 25 minutes. Simply earlier than eradicating from oven activate broiler for about 45 seconds and let brown on prime.

In case your dough get too tender whereas slicing out the cookies, simply return to fridge for some time or between cookings.

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