Old Fashioned Tea Cakes - cooking recipe

Ingredients

1 c. butter or shortening
3 Tbsp. buttermilk
2 unbeaten eggs
1 rounded tsp. soda
1/4 tsp. salt
1 tsp. baking powder
1 tsp. vanilla flavoring
1 1/2 c. sugar

Preparation

Make like biscuits.
Sift flour in a large bowl.
Make a hole in center; put all ingredients in and work with hands until you can handle dough.
Roll out on floured board about 1/4-inch thick. Sprinkle with sugar and cut out like you would a biscuit.
Will make 8 dozen.
You will have to divide dough 3 ways.
You cannot roll then all at once.
Bake about 10 minutes at 400\u00b0 or until brown.
They will be crisp.