Sipping on a cup of hot tea is a wonderful way to enjoy an afternoon. As the cold-weather season continues, a menu comprised of spice-filled sweets and hearty savories is imperative to keep warm all winter long. This selection of our favorite winter-themed recipes will ensure that you find the perfect treat to satisfy all of your tea guests.
1. Mitten Muffuletta Tea Sandwiches
A New Orleans favorite takes on a new twist with these Mitten Muffuletta Tea Sandwiches.
2. Shepherds’ Pies
Individual Shepherds’ Pies turn an afternoon tea into a hearty meal.
3. Walnut-Cardamom Snowball Cookies
Chopped walnuts, ground cardamom, vanilla extract, orange zest, and a rich dusting of confectioners’ sugar create tasty snowball cookies.
Chocolatey Snowflake Cake Bites, dipped in ganache and decorated with edible snowflakes, are a pretty holiday treat.
5. Snowflake Sandwich Cookies with Eggnog Spice Filling
Pretty snowflake sandwich cookies flavored with a scrumptious and festive Eggnog Spice Filling make a picture-perfect sweet for the holiday season.
6. Beef Wellington Stacks
Bites of flavorful deli-style beef set between delectable puff pastry create a tea-appropriate version of traditional beef Wellington.
Warm curry powder gives these flavorful Curried Beef Triangles a robust flavor profile that pairs wonderfully with a delicious Yogurt-Chutney Dipping Sauce.
8. Cranberry–Spiced Pork Tenderloin Canapés
While a full pork tenderloin might typically be the star of Christmas dinner, canapés provide a wonderful way to incorporate the tasty protein into the savories course of afternoon tea all winter long.
9. Mini Gingerbread Cupcakes with Lemon-Cream Cheese Frosting
These Mini Gingerbread Cupcakes are topped with a scrumptious Lemon-Cream Cheese Frosting to create the perfect teatime treat.
10. Black Tea and Anise Mini Fluted Cakes
Enjoy a special infusion in these mouthwatering Black Tea and Anise Mini Fluted Cakes.
11. Mulling Spice Honey
Traditional mulling spices—cardamom, clovers, allspice, and anise—imbue a spreadable honey with fragrance and flavor.
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