Old Fashion Tea Cakes - cooking recipe

Ingredients

1 c. shortening or butter
2 cups sugar
2 eggs, well beaten
1/2 c. buttermilk
1 tsp. soda
1 tsp. baking powder
1/2 tsp. salt
1 tsp. vanilla flavoring
4 c. plain flour

Preparation

Cream shortening and sugar and add eggs.
Mix soda with buttermilk.
Add salt to flour and sift.
Combine all ingredients and roll out and cut in shapes or spoon onto cookie sheet and flatten with a fork.
Place a pecan half in the center.
Bake in 300\u00b0 oven for 10 minutes or until brown.