Anne's Teacakes (Tea Cakes)

• 1 14 cups sugar
• 12 cup Crisco
• 12 cup buttermilk
• 1 teaspoon vanilla
• 1 egg
• 12 teaspoon baking powder
• 12 teaspoon baking soda
• 4 cups flour

1. In a large bowl, beat sugar and crisco until smooth and creamy.
2. Add egg, buttermilk, and vanilla, and beat until mixed.
3. In a separate bowl, sift together baking powder, baking soda, and flour.
4. Add a little of the flour mixture at a time to the sugar mixture stirring by hand until it is thick, smooth, and easy to roll out.
5. Sprinkle wax paper with flour, and place 1/2 of the dough onto the wax paper.
6. Flatten out and sprinkle with a touch more flour to keep from sticking.
7. Roll dough thin.
8. Cut with 2 inch cookie cutter.
9. Repeat with remaining dough until all dough has been used.
10. Bake on cookie sheet for 10-12 minutes at 375 degrees.
11. Can be eaten plain or made into sandwich cookies with Chocolate icing or Sweet Milk and Sugar icing.

sugar, crisco, buttermilk, vanilla, egg, baking powder, baking soda, flour

Taken from www.food.com/recipe/annes-teacakes-tea-cakes-251091 (may not work)