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Tea Party Recipes

A collection of tea party recipes for an afternoon tea along with planning tips and cookbook. Choose from tea sandwiches, tea cookies, scones, and more.

If you have ever thought it would be fun to host a tea party, you probably have a lot of questions as this is something that most people do not do everyday.

The recipes you make play a large part in the planning. Below I have quite a few recipes listed.

You by no means need to make them all. Pick and choose which ones your guests will enjoy and go from there.

Here is a bunch of tea party planning tips to help you get started. This page includes tips and ideas on serving tea, decorating the table and tea party invitations.

Tea Party Recipes

Tea Sandwiches

Chopped Ham Tea Sandwiches are made with chopped ham, cheese, egg, sour cream, green onions, and chopped pecans.

Cucumber Sandwiches are served on a slice of cocktail rye bread, with a cream cheese spread and topped with a slice of cucumber and dill weed.

A classic veggie pizza recipe made with crescent roll dough, a mixture of cream cheese, sour cream, and ranch salad dressing, and topped with chopped vegetables and cheese.

Tea Cookies

These little Spice Cookies are made with cake flour, flavored with molasses, cinnamon, ginger, and cloves and are then rolled in granulated sugar.

Lemon Tea Biscuits are made with cake flour, lemon zest and fresh lemon juice for a sweet teacake.

These delicate orange coconut tea cookies are made from cake flour, orange juice, whipped meringue, and sweetened coconut. This is one of my favorite tea party recipes!

Fruit Tarts

A recipe for mini fruit tarts using mini pastry shells, vanilla coconut filling, and topped with fresh summer fruits of blueberries and cherries.

These mini cranberry apple tarts are made with chopped apples, brown sugar, cinnamon, jam, and dried cranberries and placed in a pre-made pastry shell.

Scones

Traditional cream scones made with flour, butter, milk, and sugar and served in a doily lined basket. Also try apricot or cranberry scones.

Quick breads

Cranberry orange bread is made with dried sweetened cranberries, orange juice, egg, and walnuts. Also try this date bread thinly sliced with cream cheese spread.

Old-Fashioned Tea Party Cookbook

If you are searching for more information on hosting a tea party, this cookbook has a lot of good information and recipes and is available from my website.

Old-Fashioned Tea Party Recipes Cookbook

This unique teacake recipes cookbook contains more than just recipes. There is a wonderful history of tea in America, how a formal tea party was hosted in early American times, photos and descriptions of early tea sets, instructions on how to set your table for a tea, explanations of the different types of tea, instructions on how to brew a perfect pot of tea, and tea etiquette.

The recipes in this book are meant to complement a tea party and contain authentic early American recipes including Tea Sandwiches, Scones and Biscuits, Tarts and Pastries, and Cakes. This book also includes a handy baking and cooking chart on the back page for weights, measurements, and substitutions. See a list of recipes included and more information.

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