3 Easy To Make Dessert Recipes For Your Tea Party

When it comes to hosting a tea party for a few friends, often times we stress over what type of foods to serve. During a party, you want to stick with light finger-style foods such as: tarts, fancy cookies, biscotti, muffins, pastries, cake and scones.
My guests have often told me that these 3 recipes that I make for my parties, are their favorites. I like to line my platters or dessert-style serving plates with lace doilies before arranging the food goodies on top. It just makes for a nicer presentation.
Tea Time Tassies
1 (3 ounce) block cream cheese
1/2 cup butter, softened
1 cup flour
Filling:
1 egg
1 teaspoon vanilla extract
3/4 cup brown sugar
dash of salt
2/3 cup chopped pecans
1 tablespoon butter, softened
Let cream cheese and butter soften to room temperature, then blend together. Mix in flour. Chill in refrigerator for 1 hour. Remove and shape into 2 dozen 1-inch balls. Place balls into mini greased muffin cups. Press dough on bottoms and sides of each cup.
To make filling: Beat together egg, brown sugar, butter, vanilla and salt until smooth. Divide half of pecan pieces among pastry-lined muffin cups. Add egg mixture, then top with remaining pecan pieces. Bake in a preheated 325 degree oven for 25 minutes. Cool for 10 minutes, then remove from pan.
Mini Tea Cake Balls
1 cup butter
1/2 cup Confectioner's sugar
1 teaspoon vanilla extract
2 1/2 cups flour
1/4 teaspoon salt
3/4 cup chopped nuts (your choice)
In a large bowl, cream butter, sugar and vanilla. Add the remaining ingredients and mix until blended. Roll dough into 1-inch balls. Bake in a 350 degree oven on a ungreased cookie sheet for 6-8 minutes or until set. Do not let them get brown. While warm, roll in powdered sugar. After they have cooled, roll the balls in powdered sugar again.
Lemon-Butter Snowbars
Crust:
1/2 cup butter, softened
1 1/3 cups flour
1/4 cup granulated sugar
Filling:
2 eggs
3/4 cup granulated sugar
2 tablespoons flour
1/4 teaspoon baking powder
3 tablespoons fresh lemon juice
In a medium bowl, combine the crust ingredients, blend thoroughly. Pat dough into an ungreased 8" square baking dish. Bake for 15 minutes or until lightly browned.
In a large bowl, combine filling ingredients, blending well. Pour filling over partially baked crust. Bake for 18 minutes or until set. Sprinkle with confectioners sugar and let cool.

Shelly Hill has been working from home since 1989 in Direct Sales and is a Manager with Tupperware. You can visit Shelly online at: http://www.workathomebusinessoptions.com or her recipe blog at: http://wahmshelly.blogspot.com

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