Instructions: Cream shortening, add sugar and eggs. Combine with rest of ingredients.

Roll out, cut and bake 8 - 10 minutes at 350 degrees.

When I was a teenager, I can remember my grandma telling me the story about the small town of Pickwick. Pickwick was done away with because the dam was going to be built. She was a native of Palo Pinto County. My grandpa, Lon L. Mason, grew up in Palo Pinto, Texas. She and I had many conversations about history while eating her Teacakes. Try the recipe, and maybe, you can remember a story or two to tell.

Shirley (Mason) Gibson for Ida Mae (Hale) Mason, (deceased)

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