I keep busy with our baby daughter and helping my dad on his dairy farm. But when I have time-usually in the winter-I love to bake. I make these tea cakes every Christmas. I double the recipe and freeze half for later.
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VERIFIED BY Taste of Home Test Kitchen
- 2 cups butter, softened
- 3/4 cup sugar
- 3/4 cup packed brown sugar
- 2 large eggs
- 4 teaspoons almond extract
- 4 cups all-purpose flour
- 1 teaspoon baking powder
- FILLING:
- 1 egg white
- 1/2 cup sugar
- 1/2 cup ground almonds
- 1/2 teaspoon lemon juice
- Milk
- Sliced almonds
- In a large bowl, cream butter and sugars until light and fluffy, about 5 minutes. Add eggs and extract; mix well. Add flour and baking powder (dough will be soft). Chill.
- For filling, in a small bowl, stir egg white, sugar, almonds and lemon juice. Remove a portion of the dough at a time from the refrigerator. Place 1-in. balls of dough into miniature muffin cups, pressing slightly into sides and bottom. Place 1/2 teaspoon of filling into each. Cover with quarter-sized circles of dough.
- Brush with a little milk and top with an almond. Bake at 350° for 14-16 minutes or until golden. Yield: about 5 dozen.
Originally published as Almond Tea Cakes in Country
December/January 1994, p49
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Reviewed Apr. 22, 2012
"I'd just like to ask a question: The instructions for the filling say to STIR the egg white. Shouldn't you beat it into a frothy meringue??"
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Reviewed Oct. 24, 2011
"I doubled the filing and added a little less than 1/4 tsp of strawberry jam to the bottom of each tart, before filing. Delicious! and so pretty! A keeper."
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Reviewed May. 2, 2011
"Love this recipe! The filling was very good. Everyone loved them!"
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Reviewed Nov. 27, 2010
"These are a family favorite! We make them every year at Christmas ~ it's a tradition & my family would stage an uprising if these cookies were omitted from our celebration."
