Old Fashioned Tea Cakes - cooking recipe

Ingredients

1 egg
1/2 c. vegetable shortening
1 c. sugar
1 tsp. baking soda
1 tsp. salt
1 tsp. buttermilk
1/2 tsp. baking powder
1 tsp. vanilla
1 1/2 c. flour (self-rising)
sugar (for topping)

Preparation

Preheat oven to 325\u00b0.
Mix all ingredients except flour.
Stir in flour just to mix.
Roll out dough to 1/4-inch thickness.
Cut in desired shapes.
Bake on ungreased cookie sheets for 12 minutes.
Remove from oven and sprinkle with sugar before removing from pan.
Cool on wire racks.
Yield:
2 dozen.