Chocolate Covered Cookie Balls

" It's Always Tea Time", just like my little sign says, so let's enjoy a little treat outside, shall we?  Recently, my friend Mary, who blogs at Home Is Where the Boat Is made these cookie treats and I just knew that Cissy and I had to make them!  You can see the beautiful photos of them here. 

 

 I bought this pretty towel and crocheted the edge and gave it to my daughter for Mother's Day, after seeing what my friend Karen,  from Beatrice Euphemie Vintage Cottage Style did recently.  Thank you, Karen,  for the inspiration! 

 I'm using this pretty teacup that my dear daughter gave me one year for Christmas.  Isn't the matching spoon cute?

 

 A sweet niece gave me this darling sign that I keep in my Butler's Pantry, which I use as my tea area.  Thank you, Maggie!!

 

Little Miss Cissy did everything in making these cookie balls!  That girl is a kitchen whiz!  She dipped every single cookie ball in the melted chocolate, too.  I was Cissy's sous chef, and did help a little with the sprinkling.

 Doesn't she look so proud of her treats to take home to her family? This little one loves to come over to my house one day a week to cook/bake.  She gets in the car when I pick her up from school, and says, "So, what are we making today?"

yield: 40+Author: Mary at http://homeiswheretheboatis.net/; made by Cissyprint recipe

Chocolate Covered Cookie Balls

These little cookie balls will have you clamoring for more. Cissy brought them home for her family, and they loved them. One of her brothers shared one with a friend and the friend told his mom that it was the best thing that he ever tasted!

INGREDIENTS:

• 1 package of Oreo cookies (Cissy and I used the vanilla birthday cake ones)
• 3/4 of a container of vanilla frosting
• Vanilla almond bark (We used CandiQuick)
• Sprinkles for decorating

INSTRUCTIONS:

1. Grind the Oreo cookies in a food processor, or crush them in a food safe bag with a rolling pin.
2. Add the vanilla frosting and mix to combine. We did all this in the food processor.
3. Shape the mixture into balls, and then place the balls onto cookie sheets that are lined with parchment paper. Freeze the cookie balls for 30 minutes.
4. Melt the vanilla almond bark according to the package directions.
5. Take the cookie balls out of the freezer, dip each one in the melted chocolate, place back onto the parchment paper, and immediately sprinkle with colored sprinkles (I was the assistant during this process!).

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My sweet grandson, Caiden, celebrated his 12th birthday this past week.  I take the grands out on a birthday date on a day near their birthday.  Caiden is on of Cissy's three brothers.

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Tea Bag Shortbread Cookies

 Please join me for some Shortbread Tea Bag Cookies that Cissy was able to bring home from our Evening Tea Party last week.  Aren't they the sweetest looking cookies?  

 My teapot and cup stack was given to me from a dear, sweet neighbor.  Isn't it so cute? It's perfect for Spring!

 I found two of these birdie pillows for my Adirondack chairs and they add a touch of brightness to my patio.  

This past week,  I was privileged to be able to attend the Honor Roll program at the middle school for these two, sweet grandsons.

Author: St. Mark's La Tea Da Tea Party, courtesy of As Easy as Apple Pieprint recipe

Tea Bag Shortbread Cookies

My granddaughter, Cissy, and I had these at the Evening Tea Party that we were invited to. I bought the recipe cards that they had for sale, and this recipe was included. The ladies at the church put herbs in the cookies, but the recipe didn't include that ingredient. You will also need: a straw or skewer to make a hole in the cookie, kitchen twine or string, custom tea bag tags.

INGREDIENTS:

• 2 cups + 1 tablespoon flour
• 3.2 oz. cold, unsalted butter, diced
• 1/2 cup + 1/2 tablespoon powdered sugar, sifted
• 1 egg
• 1 teaspoon vanilla
• pinch of salt
• 3.5 oz. dark chocolate

INSTRUCTIONS:

1. Place the butter and flour in food processor, and pulse until you have a sandy mixture.
2. Transfer the mixture to a large bowl, add powdered sugar, egg, vanilla, and salt.
3. Mix with your hands and then turn the mixture onto a work surface and knead until a smooth dough forms.
4. Wrap the dough with cling wrap and refrigerate for 30 minutes.
5. Place chilled dough on parchment paper, lightly dust with flour , then roll it out to about 1/4" thickness.
6. Lay a tea bag on the dough for measurement, and cut out rectangles using a knife.
7. Again using the tea bag for measurement, cut the tops to give the rectangles a tea bag shape. Poke a hold at the top with a skewer or straw.
8. Refrigerate cut cookies for 30 minutes while preheating the oven to 350 degrees.
9. Bake for 11-12 minutes or until slightly golden. Allow to cool to room temperature.
10. Put the dark chocolate in microwavable dish and melt, using 30 second intervals, stirring frequently.
11. Dip the tea bag cookies halfway in the melted chocolate and place them on a cookie sheet lined with parchment. Refrigerate for 10-15 minutes, until chocolate hardens.
12. Cut strin about 9" long and thread through the hold in cookie. Use glue stick to cover the blank side of your tea bag tag, place string in middle and fold tag in half, securing the thread ends inside.
13. Enjoy these cute tea bag cookies!

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Evening Tea Party

 This past week, my granddaughter, Cissy, spent four nights with me while her Mom was out of town on business.  We had so much fun, and for one of those evenings we were invited to a LA Tea DA! tea party at a nearby church.  All the tables were decorated to a theme, and they were so pretty.

The friend that invited us to the tea party decorated our table.  Doesn't it look pretty?  We all had party favors with a rose corsage in the front envelope of the little box.  Also included in the darling box, were various teabags.

The tables were numbered because we voted on our favorite one.  Cissy and I also loved this one that had a fairy garden theme.  We  had to leave early in order to get Cissy home for bed, and we didn't find out which table won.  Several of the ladies would ask Cissy if she liked a certain a food,  and she was honest, and said, "I'm just a child".  I have to say that her favorite thing was the strawberry mini cupcake.  Our hostess (or "Mum") for our table fixed a plate of sweets for Cissy to take home.    We had a wonderful evening!

Our menu for the tea party was:

Savories:

Tomato Tart

Three Cheese Spiral

Cheese Pennies

Pear Walnut on Cinnamon Raiisin

English Cucumber Mint on White

Curried Chicken Salad on Whole Grain

Scone: 

Strawberry, Lavender & White Chocolate

Devonshire Cream

Strawberry Jam

Sweets:

Apricot-Almond Blondie (GF)

Decadent Brownie Bites

Strawberry & Cream Mini Cupcakes

Herbal Tea Bag Cookies

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