We love to hear from our guests who join us at our tea tables! At our Monthly Themed Tea Parties we receive requests for many of the unusual recipes we use. Tea party recipes are great for unique and fun gatherings of all kinds. If you can’t find a recipe that you have enjoyed at one of our tea parties please send us an email request. [email protected]
We are so excited for the arrival of autumn here at the Teashop! Who doesn’t love a brisk fall breeze and leaves changing from green to fiery shades of orange, yellow, and red. There are few things better than sitting on the porch with a nice warm cuppa while watching dutiful critters rush hither and yon as they prepare for winter. With all of the wonderful outdoor experiences come yummy indoor ones too! Fall and winter bring a wonderful tradition of recipes bursting with seasonal produce, warm homey spices, and ooey-gooey goodness! Some of our family favorites are already in our Recipe Box so that we could share them with you.
Our lovely Molly in her favorite surroundings!
While we all have a special place for the season, our Molly might just love it the most.! She has been working on special ways to celebrate the season and has come up with a yummy seasonal bundle. Cleverly named, our new Falling for Fall Tea Bundle has something for all autumn lovers. This sampler has teas from our collection that are especially good this time of year like Pumpkin Bread Rooibos, Autumn Blooms (our own private blend!), and more! It’s available now on our website and in store at 9 W. Franklin in Liberty, MO! It won’t be around forever so hurry and get yours before all the leaves have fallen!
Lung Ching Dragon Well Green
Green Tea Chicken Soup Recipe
Total Time: 80 minutes
Serves: 2-4
INGREDIENTS:
DIRECTIONS:
Recipe adapted from https://draxe.com/recipe/green-tea-chicken-soup/
You can either replace the water entirely with freshly brewed tea or add a smaller portion for an added dash of flavor. Lung Ching or Gunpowder Green are two excellent green tea choices. Marinades and salad dressings are also a great way to incorporate green tea into your meal by simply substituting all or a part of the liquid for green tea.
Gunpowder Green Tea
You can either replace the water entirely with freshly brewed tea or add a smaller portion for an added dash of flavor. Lung Ching or Gunpowder Green are two excellent green tea choices. Marinades and salad dressings are also a great way to incorporate green tea into your meal by simply substituting all or a part of the liquid for green tea.
Green Tea Chicken Soup Recipe
Total Time: 80 minutes
Serves: 2-4
INGREDIENTS:
DIRECTIONS:
Recipe adapted from https://draxe.com/recipe/green-tea-chicken-soup/
Teas include Winter Apple Herbal, Cinnamon Almond, Christmas Bakery, Chocolate Pomegranate, Snowflake Black Tea, Red Velvet Rooibos, & Simply Peppermint
As we were planning for the Christmas Tea Parties I asked Brenda to sift through some of her favorite old recipe cards she grew up making on her family farm. Apple Dumplings was the first recipe she chose. A special recipe of grandmother Ida Gall. A yummy vintage recipe loaded with precious memories. I love the fact the old recipe card even says “serve warm with half and half”. A hot messy delight for ANY apple lover, right?!? Special holiday recipes seem to wrap us up at Christmas time. Comforting flavors and rich fragrances.
Right now the teashop is wafting in sweet deliciousness. In every nook and around every corner I’m smelling a touch of freshly scooped premium loose teas. The Christmas Tea Bundle is the best gift for your money. A great $25 gift that will brew over 50 cups of tea! Our brand new Winter Apple Herbal is in the bundle. This herbal is so so tasty and the fragrance is divine. Fruity, lightly sweet and chock full of comfort & cozy. Now enjoy 15% site wide through this weekend!! Coupon code 15OFF
from Ida Gall, Brenda’s Grandmother
Combine flour, baking powder and salt. Cut in shortening with pastry cutter. Add milk and stir to form a ball. Turn onto board, knead few times, roll to 1/8″ thick. Cut into circles large enough to hold an apple. Place apple on dough.
Combine cinnamon and sugar. Fill cavity of apple with cinnamon and sugar mixture. Dot with butter. Close dough. Place upside down in pan – not too close. Bake at 450° for 15 minutes. Decrease to 350° and bake till toothpick inserts easily into apple. (about 45 minutes – your home will smell divine!)
Baste frequently with juices from the pan. Sprinkle small amount of nutmeg and cinnamon on top. Serve with milk or half and half while still warm from your oven!
New Winter Apple Herbal
Making Turtles at Candy Making 2014
Christmas time was a special time on the Froetschner Farm in Kinsley, KS. Brenda’s mother Gunilda had many old recipes and those hand written recipe cards are special just to pull out and enjoy!
Another fun tradition is Candy Making Night. Just a relaxed night of old fashion fudge, marshmallow fudge, pb fudge, and more. The time when it is ok to pull out that crazy Pinterest photo and copy it with everyone’s help! This Saturday night is this year’s Candy Making Night – and I still don’t know what I’m making. Any suggestions?
Pulling Taffy was one of Brenda’s Froetschner Family favorites. Taffy is one of those “get in there and get messy” recipes that is fun for all ages. The Teashop Family held a Gingerbread House making contest last Christmas – maybe this year we should do a Taffy Pulling contest?
Boil sugar, water, and butter to almost crack stage. Stir in vanilla. Pour onto a buttered pan and allow to cool enough to safely handle. With buttered hands pull and pull and pull! Taffy will turn in light in color with ready!
Vanilla Pumpkin Premium Tea
Brenda made mini bundts nestled into pretty cupcake papers but a regular bundt pan can be used. Pumpkin-Chai cake is scrumptious baked either way.
Preheat oven to 350°. Spray 30 mini-bundt pans or 1 large bundt pan with baking spray with flour.
In a large bowl combine 2 cups flour, cinnamon, baking powder, ginger, cardamom, baking soda, 1/2 teaspoon salt, nutmeg, black pepper, and cloves.
In a small bowl combine pumpkin puree, buttermilk, and 1/2 teaspoon vanilla extract. Stir to blend.
In a large mixing bowl, combine butter, brown sugar, and granulated sugar. Beat at high speed with a mixer until light and fluffy, approximately 5 minutes. Add eggs one at a time – beating well. Add half of flour mixture, then pumpkin puree mixture and then remaining half of flour mixture.
Bake until edges are golden brown and toothpick inserted in the center comes out clean. 20-25 min for mini bundts or 43-47 minutes for large bundt pan. Let cool in pan for 10 minutes then turn out cake(s) onto a wire cooling rack. Allow to cool completely. Just before serving transfer cake to serving plates and drizzle with warm Caramel Icing.
Caramel Icing:
In a medium saucepan, melt butter over medium-high heat. Add brown sugar and milk and bring to a boil. Boil for exactly 2 minutes, stirring constantly. Remove from heat and whisk in confectioner’s sugar and vanilla extract.
In a large stockpot over medium heat, melt olive oil and butter. Add onion, garlic, carrots, and celery and cook for about 8 minutes. Or until veggies are tender.
Vegetable Broth: Add two cups of chicken broth and simmer for 3 minutes; remove from heat, and cool for 15 minutes. Pour broth mixture into a food processor or blender, and blend until smooth.
Add remaining vegetable back to the stockpot and add the remaining chicken broth, pumpkin puree, and, coconut milk. Simmer covered for 15 minutes. Stir in salt, cayenne pepper, and thyme and simmer for another 10 minutes. Pour into bowls and garnish with sunflower seeds.
Makes 6 servings. Recipe adapted from Victoria Magazine October 2015
Brenda had several folks request recipes from her Thanksgiving Tea Party. Thanksgiving Scone Recipe below and also the Pumpkin-Chai Mini Bundt Cakes.
During our Thanksgiving Tea Party last weekend, we served Brenda’s Thanksgiving Scones – along with cups and cups of our Vanilla Pumpkin Tea, Autumn Bisque, and Pumpkin-Chai Bundt Cakes. We love Thanksgiving. In the life and times of a small business family invested in the retail consumer this special season can get lost in the shuffle.
Embracing a national holiday of simply giving thanks is a beautiful thing. A time to enjoy slow. Stopping the media noise – and getting off the crazy train and just saying I am thankful. I am very, very thankful. 🙂 And we want to say we are SO humbled and incredibly thankful for you – our tea customers. Fellow Lovers of the Leaf!
Brenda had several folks request recipes from her Thanksgiving Tea Party. Thanksgiving Scone Recipe below and find recipes for Autumn Bisque Recipe & Pumpkin-Chai Bundt Cakes.
With the scone mix in a medium to large bowl – moisten (do not stir) with heavy whipping cream. Belfonte Heavy Whipping Cream is Brenda’s favorite to use. Gently fold in the apricots and cinnamon chips.
Bake on parchment paper following scone mix directions.
Looking to try a new healthy treat? Golden Milk Chai is one of the sampling delights to be served at our November 26, 2016 celebration of Small Business Saturday! Come and enjoy the shop filled with Christmas Gifts and Ideas and Hometown Holidays an annual event in Historic Downtown Liberty. Samples of Christmas Teas and Favorites, Scone Bites, and this lovely recipe with Chai and essential oils.
Whisk coconut milk, water, Masala Chai, turmeric, ginger, and coconut oil in a saucepan; bring to simmer and cook on low for 10 minutes. Do not boil.
Strain through a fine mesh sieve into a blender and add Cinnamon Bark Vitality, Black Pepper Vitality, and honey or maple syrup to taste.
Blend on high until frothy and pour into mugs. Serve with a dash of cinnamon on top. Serves 2.
Recipe from YL News – October 2016
These are the words that come to mind as I brew our newest fall tea blends. We are so excited to have our classic favorites back again! Vanilla Pumpkin, Autumn Blooms, Winter Apple Herbal, Spiced Coco-Mint Herbal. Just to name a few!
If you haven’t had a chance to stop by the shop and try out new teas we have two Free Saturday Events coming up. TEA Sampling and SCONES. Yum…Tea, Scones, and the season of Fall make even your simplest moments special. We hope you will join us for one or even both of these fun events – lets have our own little Fall Tea Festival Celebration!
