Old Fashion Tea Cakes - cooking recipe

Ingredients

1/2 lb. butter (not oleo)
1 Tbsp. shortening
2 3/4 c. sugar
1/2 tsp. soda dissolved in 1/2 c. buttermilk
5 c. flour
2 eggs
4 tsp. vanilla
4 tsp. baking powder

Preparation

Cream butter and shortening; add sugar and cream well.
Mix beaten eggs, soda dissolved in buttermilk and vanilla, and add to butter mixture.
Mix well.
Mix flour and baking powder and add to mixture; mix well.
Place small ball of dough on cookie sheet and flatten with bottom of a glass.
Bake on ungreased cookie sheet at 350\u00b0 for 10 to 15 minutes.