J/F 10 - Recipes posted by TeaHouseTimes Admin, ADVERTISER TEA RELATED PRODUCTSThursday, February 11th 2010 @ 5:13 PM

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From the Jan/Feb10 issue of The Tea House Times.  To view the most recent issue, please log-in at http://www.theteahousetimes.com/ for free access.

 

*Recipes taken from The Tea House Times Best Afternoon Tea Recipes Volume I - Recipes submitted by those noted*.

 

Currant Pecan Scones*

1 cup all purpose flour

3 Tablespoons sugar

2 teaspoons baking powder

1/4 teaspoon salt

6 Tablespoons butter or margarine

1 cup quick cooking oats

1/2 cup dried currants

1/3 cup chopped pecans

2 beaten eggs

more sugar and beaten egg for garnish if desired

 

Preheat the oven to 400 degrees F.  Grease a cookie sheet and set aside.

In large bowl, stir together flour, sugar, baking powder and salt.  Cut butter or margarine into cubes and cut into flour mixture with pastry blender or 2 knives until the mixture resembles coarse crumbs.

Stir in currants, pecans and oats and mix well.  Stir in the beaten eggs until just moistened.  On lightly floured board or surface roll out or pat the dough with floured hands into a 7-8 inch circle about 1/2 inch thick.  Either cut into wedges or cut with a floured biscuit cutter and transfer to the reserved cookie sheet.  If desired, brush with the extra beaten egg and sprinkle with the extra sugar.

Bake at 400 degrees for 10-12 minutes or until lightly browned.  Remove to wire rack to cool.  May be served warm or when cooled.  Makes approximately 12 scones.

*Ruth Weston, Time Was Antiques, http://www.timewasantiques.net

 

 

Black Forest Ham & Avocado Sandwiches*

Dark rye bread

1 ripe avocado

Black Forest Ham

Olives with pimento

Cucumber

1/2 cup soft butter

3/4 Tbsp minced garlic

1 Tbsp chives

1 Tbsp parsley

 

Combine butter, parsley, chives and garlic.  Stir until a creamy mixture.  Spread over 4 pieces of bread.  Cut bread into squares, then long rectangles.  Using a vegetable peeler, peel thin slices of cucumber and place on bread, cutting ends to fit.  Cut ham to fit and place over cucumber slice.  Peel avocado, cut in half, and slice.  Place slice of avocado on each sandwich.  Decorate with sliced olives and serve open faced.   

*Maxine Holmgren, Maxine’s Mystery Tea Parties,

http://www.mysteryteaparties.com

 

 

Mom’s Banana Nut Bread*

1 cup sugar                 ;       2 cups flour

1/2 cup shortening              1 tsp soda

2 eggs                                 &nbs p; 1 tsp salt

3 mashed bananas           1/2 cup nuts

 

Cream sugar and shortening.  Add well-beaten eggs and mashed bananas and mix.  Add the sifted flour, soda and salt.  Mix and add nuts.  Bake in 2 loaf pans about an hour at 350 degrees.

*Patty Suchy, Novel Explorations, http://www.novelexplorations.com

 

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