YOUR BEST RECIPE WITH TEA
Your Best Recipe with Tea
It's the stuff that warms us up on many a winter night, but when not hot, milky, and being sipped from a mug, tea can be one of our favorite ingredients. We want to see your best beverages, savory dishes, and desserts with the fragrant leaves.
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Contest Slideshow
Tea with Honey and Lemon Compound Butter
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Soon, you'll be spreading all of these on toast. Together.
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Brew a cup for you, and a cup for the butter.
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Open up two more tea bags, and pour them into the bowl of your mixer.
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There's no messing with the butter here -- just go for it.
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And now, for a parade of add-ins. Honey's first.
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Then orange zest.
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Hello, lemon. You're going to be delicious.
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Some lemon juice, for good measure.
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And of course, this contest's namesake.
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Things will go blurry for a second, but persevere.
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If you're not making it into a roll, line your cutest butter dish in plastic wrap.
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And fill!
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Seal, and if you can bear it, wait for it to chill for at least two hours.
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Ok, now you can eat. Go spread this on everything.
Contest Slideshow
Sweet Tea Cookies
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We think these ingredients deserve a pretty background. Don't you agree?
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Steep your tea!
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See this color? This is what you're going for.
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The start of any good cookie: creaming the butter and sugar.
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And a little mint. (This is sweet tea, right?)
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Until it's pale and fluffy, you're free to take a break. Check your email, start some coffee...
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Then add the eggs one at a time. Be patient.
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It's tea time, for this batter.
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A little zest always brightens everything up.
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And finally, enter the dry ingredients.
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Warning: these guys will spread on you, so be sure to set them apart.
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While your cookies cool, whip up the glaze.
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A mountain of sifted powdered sugar.
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Sugar and tea are fast friends.
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Whisk!
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Dip your cooled beauties.
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And let the glaze set. Or don't -- we won't tell.
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3 months ago -
Tea Spiced Hot Chocolate
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3 months ago -
Matcha Tea Biscotti with White Chocolate
added by Tobi Ann Ewalt
3 months ago -
Smoky Tea Couscous Timbales with Pistachios...
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Chai Spice Biscotti
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3 months ago -
TWO TEA SUMMER SMOOTHIE
added by LE BEC FIN
3 months ago -
Coconut Chai Hot Toddy
added by kangarhubarb
3 months ago -
Tea-Apple Compote Cake
added by Kukla
3 months ago -
Earl Grey Infused Blender Chocolate Mousse...
added by kangarhubarb
3 months ago -
POMEGRANATE KOMBUCHA
added by dymnyno
6 months ago -
Panna Cotta Infused with Bergamot Tea
added by Marie Viljoen
3 months ago -
Smoky Tea-Soaked Prune Flaugnarde
added by AntoniaJames
3 months ago
