Tea cake cookie recipe

Tea cakes recipe for the soft, cake-like Southern cookies with nutmeg. Traditionally served with tea, they make great Christmas cookies.

Simple sugar cookies that are soft, delicious, and great with a cup of coffee or tea, these Old Fashioned Tea Cakes are always a winner!

Southern Tea Cakes - easy and addictive Southern baked treats slightly sweetened with faint notes of nutmeg, vanilla and lemon zest.

Since today is National Cookie Day, I want to share an old-fashioned favorite at my house. This is a holiday recipe straight from the “Old World”. I knew tea cakes were an old family r…

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.

Southern Tea Cakes Recipe

There’s nothing quite like the sweet flavors and warm memories that a simple Southern cookie can conjure up. One bite of these tender, buttery tea cake cookies, and I’m instantly transported back to my grandma’s cozy kitchen on a hot summer day. The mouthwatering aroma of nutmeg and vanilla wafting through her little house, a perspiring glass of sweet tea sweating on the counter, and a fresh batch of these soft, cakey tea cakes emerging from her well-seasoned oven.

When you're ready for a tea or coffee break, have these tea cakes ready. You won't be able to forget their soft centers and buttery vanilla flavor.

Craving for a cookie to dip in your afternoon tea? Have a look at this 3-ingredient butter cookies recipe that will melt in your mouth with every sip!