Old-Fashioned Tea Cakes or Sugar Cookie Cut-Outs. This recipe is versatile in that you can make big round sugar cookies (perfect with just a sprinkling of sugar) or cut-out cookies that take well to frosting. For cut-outs, you'll need to roll the dough in a generous amount of flour.
Prep Time 20 minutes minutes
Cook Time 12 minutes minutes
Total Time 32 minutes minutes
This is 3 ½ heavy handed (5 oz/140 grams each) cups. For best results you should weigh it.
The yield will vary depending on how big you make the cookies. If you really do use a large cutter (around 3 ½ inches across) you'll get about 2 dozen cookies.