Old-Fashioned Tea Cakes(The Way My Mother Used To Make Them) - cooking recipe

Ingredients

1 1/4 c. sugar
1 egg
1/2 c. buttermilk
1 tsp. vanilla
3/4 c. shortening or butter
2 c. self-rising flour
dash of soda

Preparation

Mix flour and soda in bowl.
Make hole in flour and add 1 egg, sugar, 1/3 cup buttermilk, vanilla and shortening.
Mix with your hands until stiff; knead well.
Roll out on cutting board 1/8-inch thick.
Cut with cookie cutter.
Sprinkle with sugar. Place on greased cookie sheet 1 inch apart.
(Add more buttermilk, if needed.)
Bake at 375\u00b0 until brown.
Makes 2 dozen cookies.