Tea for Two, and Four for Tea

Alright, I know that title makes no sense. Carrying on. My mom has a love for party sandwiches: those little teeny sandwiches with no crusts that usually have one or two ingredients stuffed between two pieces of soft white bread. A strange love I realize, but a love all the same. It was her birthday recently, so to celebrate I thought- why not make her what she loves? And what goes perfectly with party sandwiches? High Tea and Mimosas! (Obviously) My sister and I awoke early one weekend morning and started baking and cooking and somehow managed to end up with a high tea brunch of epic proportions.  I was able to make those Bacon, Gruyere and Green Onion scones I was drooling over a few weeks ago found here. We also made some amazing Blueberry Buttermilk muffins (HIGHLY RECOMMENDED), recipe found here. Of course we didn’t forget about the party sandwiches and made 3 kinds: Cucumber with Herbed Cream Cheese, Egg Salad with Chives and Smoked Salmon with a Dill Caper Mayonnaise. All of this served with a simple arugula salad….talk about a feast!! And for only 4 people…I don’t think we got too ahead of ourselves at all!

The Bacon, Green Onion and Gruyere about to be mixed into the dough

The dough for the scones being rolled out

YUMMY goodness. Star shaped scones! Why not?

Ohhhh look at those Blueberry Buttermilk muffins!

Smoked Salmon and Dill/Caper Mayo Party Sandwich anyone?

Talk about an Egg Salad Sandy

PLEASE don't forget the Mimosas! P.S. we also had tea, I swear!