Rosina - 409

Here is a tea cup I found last year at an estate sale.

 Pretty blue blooms against a pale blue background.

 Here is it's back stamp

 ~ Rosina ~ Made in England ~ Bone China ~ 409 ~

You can visit Martha's Favorites and Artful Affirmations to see more beautiful tea cups!

I made some Spring Lemon Cookies for some friends that came over this weekend.

Lemon Cookies

Ingredients:

2 Tsp lemon juice (freshly squeezed)

1/3 cup milk

1/2 cup butter, softened

3/4 cup white sugar

1 egg

2 Tsp lemon zest

1 3/4 cups all-purpose flour

1 Tsp baking powder

1/4 Tsp baking soda

Preheat the oven to 350.  

Combine the 2 tsp lemon juice with the milk and let stand for 5 minutes.  Cream together the butter and sugar until light and fluffy.  Beat in the egg.  Stir in the lemon zest and the milk mixture.  In a separate bowl combine flour, baking powder and baking soda.  Blend dry ingredients into the creamed mixture.

Drop by rounded spoonfuls onto cookie sheets.  Bake for 8-10 minutes.  I made a lemon icing with lemon juice and icing sugar, and topped each cookie with it once they cooled.  Yummmm!

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Enjoy!
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Dainty Sandwiches

Here are a couple fun sandwich recipes perfect for a tea party!

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Egg Pinwheel Sandwiches

8 Hard-boiled eggs, chopped

1/3 Cup Miracle Whip

1 Tsp Dijon mustard

Drop of honey

Sprinkle of parsley

Pinch pepper and salt

1 Loaf of bread cut horizontally

Butter

5 Spears of asparagus

Request your bakery cut your loaf of bread horizontally.  Mix together the first seven ingredients.  Prepare five of slices of bread by trimming the crusts.  Butter the slices of bread and spread with egg salad filling.  Place an asparagus spear at the end of each slice of bread.  Roll up tightly without squeezing.  Wrap each roll in plastic wrap and refrigerate for about an hour.  Remove from wrapping and trim both ends.  Cut each slice of bread into 6 mini sandwiches. Yields 30 sandwiches.

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Tuna Salad Finger Sandwiches

2 Cans light tuna packed in water

2 Stalks celery finely sliced

1/3 Cup mayonnaise

2 Tbsp sweet relish

1 Tsp curry powder

1 Tsp lemon juice

Pinch pepper and salt

2 Loaves of bread

Butter

Look for two distinctly coloured loaves of bread at your favourite bakery.  Mix together the first 8 ingredients.   Butter 8 slices of one type of bread and spread on filling.  Top with the second type of bread, pressing lightly.  Wrap and refrigerate for about an hour.  Trim off crusts and slice each sandwich lengthwise into 4 fingers.  Yields 32 sandwiches.


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Enjoy!
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Inspired from an article in Canadian Living, May 2008