Tag: Tea Time

Oatmeal Cookies

Oatmeal Cookies

These are my current favorite cookies to make. I usually make them with chocolate chips, but other options would be good as well. Oatmeal Cookies Combine the dry ingredients, and set aside. In a separate bowl, beat the butter and sugar. Beat in the eggs 

Crumpets

Crumpets

Crumpets are one of my favorite tea accompaniments – well toasted and spread with lots of good butter. There are places to purchase them in the US, but so far none have quite meet my expectations. Fortunately, they are not that difficult to make at 

Lavender Biscotti

Lavender Biscotti

Lavender is one of my favorite flowers. We have a row of lavender along the walkway to our house where the plants will catch plenty of afternoon sunshine and a few individual plants scattered in other sunny spots. We grow two varieties of English Lavender, 

Lemon Curd

Lemon Curd

A few years ago, we purchased a small Meyer Lemon tree. We keep it indoors in the winter, and move it outdoors in the summer. It has suffered from both neglect and over kindness, and has weathered its share of damaging hailstorms. Yet every year