How to Prepare Perfect Tea Cakes

Tea Cakes.

You can have Tea Cakes using 12 ingredients and 12 steps. Here is how you achieve it.

Ingredients of Tea Cakes

1. You need of Cookie.
2. It's 2 cup of granulated sugar.
3. It's 1 cup of butter flavored shortening.
4. It's 2 tsp of baking powder.
5. It's 3 tsp of Your choice of flavored extracts (vanilla, orange, lemon, etc.).
6. It's 4 each of Whole large eggs.
7. You need 6 cup of All purpose flour.
8. It's of Icing.
9. Prepare 1 cup of powdered sugar.
10. It's 4 tbsp of whole milk.
11. Prepare 4 tbsp of light corn syrup.
12. It's 2 tsp of extract(use whatever flavor used in cookie).

Tea Cakes instructions

1. Preheat oven to 350.
2. In a large bowl cream shortening and sugar til fluffy.
3. Add baking powder and extract.
4. Add eggs one at a time mixing slightly after each addition.
5. Slowly add flour and combine til a soft dough forms.
6. Let dough sit for 5 minutes.
7. Roll out on a lightly floured surface (1/4 in thick) And cut using cookie cutters, if available..
8. Place on parchment lined pan and bake in preheated oven for 8-10 min til bottoms are lightly browned.
9. To prepare icing:.
10. Mix all ingredients together til incorporated with no lumps.
11. Dip cookies in icing and scrape off excess.
12. Other options: Use a brush and paint on icing.