Tea cookies recipe
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A buttery simple Italian Cookie. These Italian Butter Cookies are perfect anytime. Serve them as a holiday cookie or with tea or coffee in the afternoon.

katie carroll saved to Recipes
64 · 35 minutes · This is my Mom's famous Russian Teacake recipe! This classic recipe is a family favorite, wether you call them snowballs or teacakes or wedding cookies!
Ingredients
Baking & Spices
- • 2 1/4 cups All-purpose flour
- • 1/2 cup Powdered sugar
- • 1 Powdered sugar
- • 1/4 tsp Salt
- • 1 tsp Vanilla
Nuts & Seeds
- • 3/4 cup Nuts
Dairy
- • 1 cup Butter, unsalted

Ruby Wells saved to Cookies
My Nanny's southern old fashioned tea cakes are part of every food memory from my childhood. Like sweet biscuits, they are part cake, part cookie!

Christi Williams saved to Sweet Tooth
Tea cakes are buttery and slightly soft, not as sweet as a sugar cookie and falling somewhere between a cookie and a cake.

Amanda Silvers saved to Tea cakes
5 · 50 minutes · Russian Tea Cakes are tender, buttery cookies with a light nutty flavor all covered in powdered sugar! Also called "Snowballs," these cookies are delicious and a wonderful holiday classic!
Ingredients
Baking & Spices
- • 2 1/4 cups All-purpose flour
- • 1 1/2 cups Powdered sugar
- • 1/2 tsp Salt
- • 2 tsp Vanilla extract
Nuts & Seeds
- • 3/4 cup Nuts
Dairy
- • 1 cup Butter, unsalted

Kim Illarde saved to cookies
4 · 20 minutes · I’ve baked many batches of cookies through the years, but family and friends tell me these southern treats are the best. The simple buttery flavor appeals to all.—Doris McGough, Dothan, AL
Ingredients
Refrigerated
- • 3 Eggs, large
Baking & Spices
- • 3 cups All-purpose flour
- • 2 tsp Baking powder
- • 1/4 tsp Salt
- • 1 1/2 cups Sugar
- • 1 tbsp Vanilla extract
Dairy
- • 1 cup Butter
Ava Hilliard saved to food
These Earl Grey Shortbread Cookies are crisp and buttery with a hint of Earl Grey. They're made with just 5 ingredients and an optional lemon glaze!
30 · 20 minutes · Vanilla Tea Cake Cookies are a simple buttery, soft vanilla tea cookie perfect for afternoon tea. Much like Scottish Shortbread, the ingredients are simple, but the texture and vanilla flavors are deliciously unforgettable.
30 · 20 minutes · Vanilla Tea Cake Cookies are a simple buttery, soft vanilla tea cookie perfect for afternoon tea. Much like Scottish Shortbread, the ingredients are simple, but the texture and vanilla flavors are deliciously unforgettable.
Ingredients
Refrigerated
- • 1 Egg
Baking & Spices
- • 2 1/2 cups All-purpose flour
- • 1 tsp Baking soda
- • 1 1/2 tsp Cream of tartar
- • 1/2 tsp Salt
- • 1 1/2 cups Sugar
- • 1 1/2 tsp Vanilla extract
Dairy
- • 1 cup Butter
Dorothy Morrow2002 saved to Carrot cake cupcakes
Delicious buttery shortbread cookies filled with raspberry and apricot jam. These Thumbprint Cookies are perfect for the holidays or any occasion!

Caroline Pool saved to Thyme out
21 · 27 minutes · Southern Tea Cakes are perfect for afternoon coffee or tea. This old-fashioned recipe is similar to a sugar cookie and makes an easy snack.
21 · 27 minutes · Southern Tea Cakes are perfect for afternoon coffee or tea. This old-fashioned recipe is similar to a sugar cookie and makes an easy snack.
Ingredients
Refrigerated
- • 2 Eggs, large
Baking & Spices
- • 3 cups All-purpose flour
- • 1 tsp Baking soda
- • 1 1/4 cups Granulated sugar
- • 1 Granulated sugar
- • 1/4 tsp Salt
- • 1 tsp Vanilla extract
Dairy
- • 1 cup Butter
- • 3 tbsp Buttermilk