Scotland Tea Cakes
1 cup butter (no substitutes)
2 cups sugar
2 eggs, beaten
1/2 cup buttermilk
1 tsp. vanilla
4 cups self-rising flour
Mix sugar and butter. Beat well. Add eggs and buttermilk, plus vanilla. Beat after each addition. Add flour. Knead dough. Roll out on waxed paper and cut tea cakes with biscuit cutter. Place on greased cookie sheet. Bake at 350 degrees for 15 minutes or until done.
— Sgt. Sylvia Dorsey, Royal Air Force, Alconbury, United Kingdom
