Mamie's Teacakes

• Vegetable shortening, for greasing cookie sheetsshortening
• 3 1/2 cups all-purpose flour, plus more for dustingflour
• 1 teaspoon baking sodabaking-soda
• 1/4 teaspoon saltsalt
• 1 stick (8 tablespoons) butter, room temperaturebutter
• 1 1/2 cups sugar, plus more for sprinklingsugar
• 2 large eggsegg
• 1 1/2 teaspoons vanilla extractvanilla-extract
• 1/4 cup sour creamsour-cream

1. 01Preheat the oven to 400 degrees F.
2. 02Grease two large (14-by-16-inch) cookie sheets with shortening.
3. 03Sift together the flour, baking soda and salt. Using an electric mixer set to medium speed, cream the butter and sugar together. Add the eggs and vanilla. Add the sour cream and mix well. On low speed, gradually add the flour mixture until just blended. Turn the dough out onto a lightly floured board, and gently pat with floured hands to a 1/4-inch thickness. Cut with a 2-inch round, floured cookie cutter and place about 1 inch apart on the cookie sheets. Bake until the teacakes are lightly browned, about 10 to 12 minutes. Do not overbake. Sprinkle with a couple of tablespoons of sugar and remove the cookies to a rack to cool.

Calories

107 kcal

Protein

2 g

Fat

3 g

Saturated fat

2 g

Carbs

18 g

Fiber

0 g

Sugar

8 g

Sodium

56 mg

Cholesterol

18 mg

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