Old Timey Tea Cakes - cooking recipe

Ingredients

1 c. sugar
1/3 c. lard
2 eggs
1/4 tsp. salt
1/3 tsp. soda
1 tsp. vanilla
1/2 tsp. nutmeg
1/3 c. buttermilk
2 1/2 c. flour

Preparation

Grease baking sheet and preheat oven to 425\u00b0.
Cream well the sugar and lard.
Add eggs; beat until fluffy.
Add nutmeg, salt and vanilla.
Stir soda into buttermilk and add flour alternately with buttermilk to creamed mixture, stirring gently until batter is smooth after each addition.