Tea Cakes
As a child, Wallace Yvonne McNair, the administrator and curator of the Black American West Museum & Heritage Center in Denver, often craved this snack—a glass of milk and one or two of the big, soft, jam-dotted cookies that her mother called tea cakes.
Yield: Makes 9 cookies
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Nutritional Information
Amount per serving
- Calories: 94
- Calories from fat: 14%
- Protein: 2.3g
- Fat: 1.4g
- Saturated fat: 0.8g
- Carbohydrate: 18g
- Fiber: 0.4g
- Sodium: 82mg
- Cholesterol: 3.5mg
Ingredients
- 1 tablespoon butter or margarine, at room temperature
- 1/4 cup sugar
- 1/2 teaspoon grated lemon peel
- 2 large egg whites
- 2 tablespoons nonfat milk
- 1 teaspoon vanilla
- 1 teaspoon baking powder
- 1 cup all-purpose flour
- 2 1/4 teaspoons raspberry or strawberry jam
Preparation
- 1. Beat butter with sugar and lemon peel until well blended.
- 2. Beat in egg whites, milk, and vanilla.
- 3. Beat in baking powder.
- 4. Add flour and stir until batter is evenly moistened.
- 5. Drop batter in 2-tablespoon portions about 3 inches apart on nonstick baking sheets.
- 6. Onto the center of each cookie, spoon 1/4 teaspoon jam.
- 7. Bake in a 350° oven until cookies are pale brown on top and golden on bottom, 13 to 15 minutes. Transfer to racks to cool. Serve warm or cool.
Tea Cakes Recipe at a Glance
- COURSE: Desserts, Cookies
- CONVENIENCE: Kid-Friendly, Make-Ahead, Quick/Easy
- CUISINE: American
- DIETARY CONSIDERATION: Low Cholesterol, Low Fat, Low Saturated Fat
- COOKING METHOD: Bake
- PUBLICATION: Sunset
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