How about some Butter Pecan Tea Cakes! So, what makes a cookie a cookie and a tea cake… a tea cake? That all depends on where you live! According to Google and Wikipedia, “A teacake in England is generally a light yeast-based sweet bun containing dried fruit, typically served toasted and buttered.[1] In the U.S., teacakes can be cookies or small cakes. In Sweden, they are soft, round, flat wheat bread made with milk and a little sugar and used to make buttered ham or cheese sandwiches. In India and Australia, a teacake is more like a butter cake. Tea refers to the popular beverage to which these baked goods are an accompaniment.”
Because of this description, I have decided that this recipe should be dubbed Butter Pecan Tea Cakes. They are melt in your mouth good and absolutely perfect with a hot cup of tea. When I make these, the first thing I want to do is make my tea ( I like Twinings, Earl Grey), grab a good book, and go curl up in my comfy chair under a warm lap throw. It is a very fancy feeling.
Butter Pecan Tea Cakes
Course: DessertDifficulty: Easy18
servings20
minutes15
minutesIngredients
2 sticks butter (softened)
3 Tablespoons sugar
1/4 cup light corn syrup
2 cups of All-Purpose flour
1/2 teaspoon salt
2 cups finely chopped pecans
1/2 cup of powdered sugar
Directions
- Preheat the oven to 350 degrees.
- In a mixing bowl, use a hand or stand mixer and mix the 2 sticks of softened (room temp) butter, the 3 Tablespoons of sugar, and the 1/4 cup of light corn syrup until creamy.
- Slowly (1/2 cup at a time) mix in the 2 cups of flour and then mix in the 1/2 teaspoons of salt.
- NOTE: The mixture will be crumbly.
- Next, take a spatula or a large spoon and stir in the 2 cups of finely chopped pecans.
- As you stir, the mixture should stick together some.
- Using your hands, roll the “dough” into 1 inch balls and place them on a cookie sheet that has been sprayed with baking spray.
- Bake in the 350 degree oven for 15 minutes.
- When done, roll teas cakes in the 1/2 cup of powered sugar.
If you love a good cookie check out another one of my favorites, Triple Chocolate Chip Cookies.
Enjoy!
Maurie Kay
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