These delightfully delicious tea cookies are perfect for your tea parties and snacking pleasure. The recipe is large; once you put the cookies out they'll be consumed quickly!
Ingredients
- Unsalted butter - 1 pound
- Boiled egg - use only the yolk
- Powdered sugar - Four heaping serving spoons full (approximately 3/4 cup)
- Vanilla (to taste)
- Cinnamon (to taste)
- White flour - 3 cups
- Self rising flour - 1 cup
- Brown sugar
Steps
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Remove the cooked egg yolk from a boiled egg. Discard the egg whites or use them elsewhere.
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Crumble the egg yolk into the sugar and stir until well blended and the sugar looks pale yellow.Advertisement -
Melt the butter and add it to the sugar/yolk mixture.
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Add vanilla to taste (approximately 2 tsp).
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Add cinnamon to taste (approximately 2 tsp).
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Combine well.
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Add the flours and combine well.
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Allow the dough to sit for 3-5 minutes for the flour to absorb the moisture and for the gluten to bind.
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Roll the dough into 1 inch (2.5 cm) logs.
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Cut 1-inch sections from the log and hand roll them into balls.
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Shake the balls of dough in a bowl of brown sugar until coated.
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Place dough balls on waxed paper on a baking pan.
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Bake at 350 degrees for 18 minutes. (Bottoms will be brown while the tops remain pale tan.)
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Remove from the oven and cool on a separate pan or cooling rack. Enjoy!Advertisement
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QuestionCan I use 4 cups of regular flour if I don't have self rising flour?Lois WadeCommunity AnswerYes. You can make your own "self rising" flour by adding 2 teaspoons of baking powder for each cup of flour.
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References
- Original Source: Lucy Stewart - Innkeeper, Magnolia Inn B & B, Mount Dora, FL - www.magnoliainn.net Shared with permission.
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