Alice and Rabbit Sunset Tea

Oh, good! You're here...you're just in time for the Alice and Rabbit Sunset tea. 

 It's nearly nightfall. Leave your hat and handbag on the garden bench. Hope you won't mind a few stray cat hairs - it's Cheshire Cat's favorite place to nap. I have a seat saved just for you!

  
Let's watch the sun sink behind the hills. It's not quite dark enough to light the candles...but soon! Look above- the umbrella is twinkling.

The garden looks pretty and everything is growing.

Alice dressed up the bird bath with Hydrangea and Rose petals, and the scent of Rosemary drifts through the darkening sky.

 Can I tempt you with a sweet? These pecan cookies are as light and fluffy as bunny tails! And we all know that calories don't count in Wonderland~

The sun is sinking fast! Alice makes a pointed look at the matches, so I hurry to light the candles. What a fun collection of cups and saucers~

I think I will use the Chartwell Minton bone china cup made in England. It has tiny flowers and pretty blue ribbons on the cup and saucer~

                Won't you join me in a cup of tea?

Everything looks magical by candle light. Did you notice the Four O'Clocks have opened to greet the twilight?

Oh, my! The crickets have started their serenade. Please help yourself to a scone and jam. So, what's new?

 Alice's golden curls gleam in the warm candle light. Even her earrings glisten. Did you notice the stitched teacup on her apron? 

She wore a satin hair ribbon just for the occasion. Look who else is here! Mr. Rabbit. He was fashionably late, but we have come to expect that of him!

                He sports a dapper bow tie.

What a fine watch. He looks handsome, don't you agree?

Look at all the unbirthday cards collected by the Mad Hatter! He keeps them in a tin basket. Is it your unbirthday today?

 

 Alice can hardly keep her eyes open, and the Dormouse is asleep. Stars begin to twinkle overhead. Is it that time already? I'll be sad to see you go!

One last glimpse of the table before we put out the candles~

            Don't forget your hat and handbag.

How thoughtful! Cheshire Cat appears to have placed fairy lanterns along the path to guide you home.

Thank you for coming! May your dreams be as magical as an evening spent in Wonderland~

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Apple Oatmeal Scones~

I have been using a little recipe book called Simply Scones by L. Weiner and B. Albright for many years. It is chock full of sweet and savory scone recipes, as well as suggestions and recipes for a variety of spreads. 

I decided to make the Apple Oatmeal Scones today, and my daughter asked that I leave out the apples. So I preheated the oven to 375 degrees and placed 1.5 cups of flour into my food processor. I also added 1 cup of oats, 1/3 cup of packed dark brown sugar, 2 and 1/2 teaspoons baking powder and 1/2 teaspoon salt.

Pulse briefly to mix. Add 1/2 cup chilled unsalted butter. Pulse several times to mix butter into flour/oats.

Combine 1 egg, 1/4 cup milk, and 2 tablespoons of molasses. Add 1 tsp of vanilla.

Add the milk mixture to the flour mix. The dough will be sticky and wet. If you wanted to add 3/4 cup diced apple, do it now. Spread the dough onto a buttered circle, about 8 inches across. I use parchment on my baking sheet instead of butter.

Bake for 22 to 27 minutes, and toothpick should come out clean when done. Cool for ten minutes on baking sheet, then finish cooling on wire rack. Yum!

Cut into wedges with serrated knife.  These have a lovely flavor from the molasses and oats.

Here is the cup I am sharing today~

It has a narrow blue band and sweet little flowers~

It says Minton and Chartwell on the bottom~

It was overcast and sprinkling today. I had a lovely pot of Grace Rare Teas Winey Keemun. The website describes this tea:

"This extra slow-fired tea is of a rare and extraordinary quality. Our most well known and famous blend has an unusual depth, body and color that can be likened in description to a fine wine. A uniquely crafted tea blended with varying China, Formosan and Indian teas, Winey Keemun follows the traditional formulation of an English Breakfast blend. It’s one of our personal favorites."

I agree! It is one of my favorites.~

The last few weeks I have shared a small figurine along with a teacup...well, today I am sharing my Mary Engelbreit letter "T". It is so charming! See all the objects that begin with the letter T ?  Spy the tassels too?

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