English Tea Cakes

Total Time

Prep: 15 min. Bake: 10 min./batch

Makes

5 dozen

Updated: Aug. 22, 2023
These unique cookies are baked in muffin cups, giving them a perfectly round shape. I sometimes omit the nuts and decorate the cookies for holidays. —Beverly Christian, Fort Worth, Texas
English Tea Cakes Recipe photo by Taste of Home

Ingredients

  • 2 cups butter, softened
  • 1 cup sugar
  • 2 teaspoons vanilla extract
  • 4 cups all-purpose flour
  • 60 walnut or pecan halves, toasted

Directions

  1. In a large bowl, cream butter and sugar until light and fluffy, 5-7 minutes. Beat in vanilla. Gradually add flour and mix well. Drop by heaping tablespoonfuls into greased miniature muffin cups; flatten slightly. Press a walnut half into the center of each.
  2. Bake at 350° for 10-12 minutes or until edges are lightly browned. Cool for 2 minutes before removing from pans to wire racks.

Nutrition Facts

1 cookie: 108 calories, 7g fat (4g saturated fat), 16mg cholesterol, 49mg sodium, 10g carbohydrate (3g sugars, 0 fiber), 1g protein.