Nana’s Tea Cakes

Name: Nana’s Tea Cakes
Total time: 50 min
Cuisine: American
Ingredients: 3½ cups (440 g) all-purpose flour; 1 cup (200 g) granulated sugar; 2 teaspoons baking powder; 1 teaspoon kosher salt; 1 cup (225 g) salted butter, cut into ½-inch (12-mm) pieces, at room temperature; 2 large eggs, lightly beaten; 1 tablespoon vanilla extract

Preparation info

Makes about
4 dozen

Difficulty
Easy
Ready in
50 min

Appears in

My Southern Kitchen

By Ivy Odom

Published 2025

About

What I love most about Nana’s tea cakes and her fried pies in particular is that one could take up a good chunk of a Saturday afternoon, and the other is a quick and easy way to keep little hands busy. Depending on the situation, Nana was always ready with one or the other. Both bring back sweet memories I’ll cherish forever.

Ingredients

3½ cups (440 g) all-purpose flour
1 cup (200

Americas
United States
Cookies
Vegetarian
South America

Method

Preheat oven to 400°F (205°C). Line two baking sheets with parchment paper. In a large bowl, whisk together flour, sugar, baking powder, and salt. Add butter pieces to bowl and mix with hands, pinching butter into flour mixture with your fingers until mixture re