These Previous Normal Tea Muffins are a traditional from way back. Some individuals might name them shortbread cookies, however both method they’re scrumptious.
If you happen to love old style recipes, additionally, you will love Kentucky Bourbon Balls. I’ve seen many recipes for these, however this one is genuine to an actual bourbon ball.
❤️WHY WE LOVE THIS RECIPE
When you’ve got adopted our web site for any period of time, then you understand we love old style recipes, and we love sharing our Grandmother’s recipes. This was one in every of her favorites. She was from Mississippi, and he or she cherished to entertain her associates. She was very a lot a Southern Girl and cherished to make these for afternoon tea. She would all the time serve them on cute little plates.
🍴KEY INGREDIENTS
- Pecans or walnuts
- Butter,
- Brown sugar
- Vanilla
- All-purpose flour
- Salt
SWAPS
There actually aren’t many swaps on this recipe until you wish to swap out the vanilla for almond, coconut, maple, and so on. That’s actually about the one change that might be made, aside from leaving the nuts out altogether.
🍽️HOW TO MAKE
Probably the most time-consuming a part of this recipe is letting the dough get chilly. You don’t need the fats supply, the butter to warmth up while you’re working with the dough, so it have to be chilled.
COOKING STEPS
Step 1
Combine all elements with mixer till very crumbly. Take your arms and form right into a ball and put in fridge till stable sufficient to pinch off a bit and flatten on a tough floor.
Step 2
Lower out shapes with cookie cutters.
Step 3
Bake on a greased cookie sheet at 350 levels about 25 minutes. Simply earlier than eradicating from oven, activate the broiler for about 45 seconds and let brown on prime.
⭐TIP
In case your dough get too smooth whereas slicing out the cookies, simply return to fridge for some time or between cooking.
SERVE THIS WITH
These scrumptious cookies are nice for Christmas and go nice with this Old Fashioned Snowball Cake. It’s a traditional for a cause!
❓FREQUENTLY ASKED QUESTIONS
They don’t seem to be both.. actually they’ve form of a tough floor however they soften in your mouth. The butter retains them smooth.
Sure, it is a very outdated recipe and that is the way in which we have now all the time made them.
STORING
These cookies will hold for a number of months in an air-tight container. We make them initially of December and luxuriate in them by way of the vacations.
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SERVING SIZE
This recipe makes 3-4 dozen relying on the scale of your cookie cutters.
Tea Muffins
Tea Muffins soften in your mouth. I’ve by no means come throughout anybody who does not like them. These buttery treats are typically known as shortbread cookies, however eithe method they’re scrumptious.
- 1/2 cup finely chopped pecans or walnuts
- 2 sticks butter softened
- 2/3 cup brown sugar
- 1 tsp. vanilla
- 2 cups all-purpose flour
- 1/4 teaspoon salt
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Combine all elements with mixer till very crumbly. Take your arms and form right into a ball and put in fridge till stable sufficient to pinch off a bit and flatten on a tough floor. Lower out shapes with cookie cutters.
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Bake on greased cookie sheet at 350 levels about 25 minutes. Simply earlier than eradicating from oven activate broiler for about 45 seconds and let brown on prime.
In case your dough get too smooth whereas slicing out the cookies, simply return to fridge for some time or between cookings.
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