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Sugar Crusted Tea Cakes

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These cookies are so pretty and dainty, and the pineapple-sugar crust is a wonderful contrast with the melt-in-your-mouth cookie texture. This is a shortbread cookie. The dough is firm, and the cookies do not change shape while they bake, like Mexican Tea Cakes.

Prep Time: 15 minutes

Cook Time: 10 minutes

Total Time: 25 minutes

Yield: 48 cookies

Ingredients:

  • 3/4 cup butter, softened
  • 1/3 cup sugar
  • pinch salt
  • 2 tablespoons pineapple juice
  • 1 teaspoon vanilla
  • 1-2/3 cups flour
  • 1-1/2 cups miniature semisweet chocolate chips
  • 1/4 cup pineapple juice
  • additional granulated sugar for coating

Preparation:

Preheat oven to 325 degrees F. In large bowl, beat butter with sugar and salt until fluffy. Stir in 2 tablespoons pineapple juice and vanilla; beat well. Add flour and miniature chocolate chips and mix well.

Cover dough and chill for at least 1-2 hours, up to 24 hours.

Roll dough into 1" balls and place on ungreased cookie sheets. Bake at 325 degrees F for 16-20 minutes or until set and very light golden brown.

Cookies will not brown much except on the bottom, and they will not change shape. Cool completely on wire racks.

Place 1/4 cup pineapple juice in shallow bowl. Dip cooled cookies in juice and roll in additional granulated sugar. Let dry on wire racks so the juice and sugar form a crisp shell.

Note: Measure the flour correctly and you won't have a problem. Measure by dipping a spoon into the flour and spooning it into the measuring cup; NOT by dipping the cup into the flour. These cookies do not change shape; they stay in little balls.

You can use any juice you'd like in this easy recipe. Orange juice, pineapple-orange juice, or pear nectar all work well. You can also eliminate the chocolate chips, or use 1 cup finely chopped nuts instead.

User Reviews

 4 out of 5
pecan amounts are missing, Guest ocsurfmama

In the recipe list there are no pecans listed, but in the instructions it says to add mini chips and pecans. Other than that this was a wonderful recipe.

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