Tea Cookies

Updated December 6, 2022

Total Time
1 hour 40 minutes
Rating
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Molly O'Neill

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Ingredients

Yield:About 10 dozen tiny cookies
  • 1 cup unsalted butter, softened

  • 1 ½ cups sugar

  • ¼ teaspoon salt

  • 3 ½ cups all-purpose flour

  • ¾ cup cold water

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Nutritional analysis per serving

5 grams carbs; 4 milligrams cholesterol; 37 calories; 1 gram saturated fat; 2 grams fat; 5 milligrams sodium; 3 grams sugar

Note: The information shown is Edamam’s estimate based on available ingredients and preparation. It should not be considered a substitute for a professional nutritionist’s advice.

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Preparation

  1. Step 1

    In a large bowl, beat the butter until smooth. Beat in the sugar a little at a time. Beat in the salt. Add the flour in three batches, alternating with additions of ¼ cup of water, stirring well after each addition. Cover the bowl with plastic wrap and refrigerate for at least 1 hour.

  2. Step 2

    Preheat the oven to 350 degrees. Remove the chilled dough from the refrigerator and use your hands to roll it into very small balls about ½ to ¾ of an inch in diameter. Transfer the cookies to ungreased cookie sheets.

  3. Step 3

    Bake until the bottoms of the cookies just turn golden, about 15 to 20 minutes. Cool on a wire rack.

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Easy little cookies. They’re a bit like Nilla wafers in size and shape, but better texture. Good plain cookie with tea.

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Credits

Adapted from "Foods of the Hudson," by Peter G. Rose, Overlook Press, 1993

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