Scones, Muffins, and Tea Cakes: Breakfast Breads and Teatime Spreads by Heidi H. Cusick and Lorenza De'Medici

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  • Prizewinning orange scones with berries and cream (page 14)

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  • Lemon scones (page 16)

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  • Buttermilk breakfast scones with dried cranberries (page 19)

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    • Categories: Bread & buns, sweet; Frostings & fillings; Afternoon tea; Breakfast / brunch; Cooking for a crowd
    • Ingredients: unbleached all-purpose flour; margarine; dried cranberries; oranges; buttermilk; heavy cream; ground cinnamon
    • Accompaniments: Cranberry butter
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  • Black olive and rosemary scones (page 20)

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    • Categories: Bread & rolls, savory; Lunch; Cooking for a crowd
    • Ingredients: all-purpose flour; butter; Kalamata olives; rosemary; buttermilk; eggs
    • Accompaniments: Tomato tapenade
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  • Chèvre and herbes de Provence scones (page 21)

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  • Parmesan and black pepper pillows (page 22)

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    • Categories: Bread & rolls, savory; Afternoon tea; American
    • Ingredients: self-rising flour; black peppercorns; Parmesan cheese; buttermilk
    • Accompaniments: Garden sage honey
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  • Sun-dried tomato biscuits (page 24)

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  • Lavender honey and sweet fennel biscuits (page 24)

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    • Categories: Bread & buns, sweet; Afternoon tea; Cooking for a crowd; American
    • Ingredients: self-rising flour; fennel seeds; lavender honey
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  • Black currant cream biscuits (page 26)

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    • Categories: Bread & buns, sweet; Frostings & fillings; Afternoon tea; American
    • Ingredients: all-purpose flour; dried black currants; heavy whipping cream; ground cinnamon
    • Accompaniments: Clotted cream
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  • Whole wheat peach muffins (page 31)

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    • Categories: Cakes, small; Afternoon tea
    • Ingredients: peaches; stone-ground whole wheat flour; all-purpose flour; ground cinnamon; ground ginger; safflower oil; eggs
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  • Blueberry banana muffins (page 32)

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    • Categories: Cakes, small; Afternoon tea
    • Ingredients: margarine; bananas; all-purpose flour; ground cinnamon; blueberries; eggs
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  • Lemon-glazed huckleberry muffins (page 32)

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    • Categories: Cakes, small; Frostings & fillings; Afternoon tea
    • Ingredients: sugar; all-purpose flour; lemons; huckleberries; eggs
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  • Chunky chocolate cherry pecan muffin cakes (page 35)

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    • Categories: Cakes, small; Frostings & fillings; Afternoon tea
    • Ingredients: butter; all-purpose flour; buttermilk; dried cherries; pecans; dark chocolate; eggs
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  • Kabocha corn muffins with sweet onions (page 36)

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    • Categories: Bread & rolls, savory; Afternoon tea; Breakfast / brunch
    • Ingredients: coarse yellow cornmeal; sage; rosemary; Vidalia onions; sour cream; kabocha squash; eggs
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  • Spicy green onion corn muffins (page 37)

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    • Categories: Bread & rolls, savory; Breakfast / brunch
    • Ingredients: buttermilk; sour cream; blue cornmeal; unbleached white flour; ancho chile powder; green onions; red onions; Monterey Jack cheese; cilantro; eggs
    • Accompaniments: Jalapeño and cumin butter
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  • Carrot muffins with raisins and dried pineapple (page 39)

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    • Categories: Cakes, small; Afternoon tea; Cooking for a crowd
    • Ingredients: buttermilk; honey; shredded carrots; raisins; pecans; dried pineapple; whole wheat flour; all-purpose flour; ground cinnamon; eggs
    • Accompaniments: Cranberry butter
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  • Classic English muffins (page 40)

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    • Categories: Bread & rolls, savory; Afternoon tea
    • Ingredients: active dry yeast; all-purpose flour; store-cupboard ingredients
    • Accompaniments: Basic strawberry jam; Tomato tapenade
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  • Cherry pecan coffee cake (page 45)

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    • Categories: Cakes, large; Breakfast / brunch
    • Ingredients: pecans; butter; all-purpose flour; ground cinnamon; dark sweet cherries; yogurt; eggs
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  • Almond tea cake (page 46)

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    • Categories: Cakes, large; Afternoon tea
    • Ingredients: butter; almond paste; almond extract; all-purpose flour; sliced almonds; eggs
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  • Southern tea cakes (page 46)

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    • Categories: Cakes, large; Afternoon tea; Cooking for a crowd; American South
    • Ingredients: sugar; butter; buttermilk; unbleached all-purpose flour; nutmeg; eggs
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  • Lemon squares (page 48)

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    • Categories: Brownies, slices & bars; Dessert; Cooking for a crowd
    • Ingredients: all-purpose flour; butter; eggs; sugar; lemons
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  • Zucchini and black walnut bars with cream cheese frosting (page 49)

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    • Categories: Brownies, slices & bars; Frostings & fillings; Dessert; Cooking for a crowd
    • Ingredients: zucchini; sugar; all-purpose flour; ground cinnamon; nutmeg; black walnuts; cream cheese; confectioner's sugar; ground allspice; eggs
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  • Tomato ginger upside-down cake (page 50)

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    • Categories: Cakes, large; Afternoon tea
    • Ingredients: butter; fresh ginger; tomatoes; brown sugar; molasses; unbleached white flour; ground ginger; ground cloves; buttermilk
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  • Pumpkin and chutney kolaches (page 53)

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    • Categories: Pies, tarts & pastries; Dessert; Cooking for a crowd; Danish; Czech
    • Ingredients: active dry yeast; all-purpose flour; butter; egg yolks; pumpkin purée; mango chutney
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  • Banana and butternut squash bread with mace and pecans (page 54)

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    • Categories: Bread & buns, sweet; Afternoon tea
    • Ingredients: sugar; butter; overripe bananas; butternut squash; all-purpose flour; mace; nutmeg; pecans; eggs
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  • ISBN 10 0002252015
  • ISBN 13 9780002252010
  • Published Nov 05 1998
  • Format Hardcover
  • Page Count 96
  • Language English
  • Countries United States
  • Publisher HarperCollins Publishers Inc
  • Imprint HarperCollins

Publishers Text

Delicious and comforting, scones, muffins, tea cakes, and biscuits make classy accompaniments at brunches, teas, luncheons and suppers. They also stand on their own at breakfast snack time.Scones, Muffins & Tea Cakes: Breakfast Breads and Teatime Spreads is an invitingly designed, photographed and priced collection of more than 54 recipes for quick breads and spreads. Many of the recipes and photographs have been chosen from the acclaimed Country Garden Cookbook series, the recipient of prestigious awards for food photography by Deborah Jones and Kathryn Kleinman. Also included; are newly developed recipes that take advantage~ of modern baking equipment such as mini-muffin and tops-only baking pans. Heidi haughy Cusick, the editor of Picnics, has selected a tantalizing assortment of recipes such as Banana and Butternut Squash Bread, Lemon Scones, and Spicy Green Onion Corn Muffins. Scones, Muffins & Tea Cakes also features entertaining tips and original occasion menus, such as "Sunday Morning on the Veranda" and "A Victorian Christmas Tea," plus over 18 recipes for sweet and savory spreads including Lemon Curd, Cranberry and Nectarine jam, Herb Flower Butter, and traditional Clotted Cream.

This definitive assemblage of recipes is lavishly photographed and illustrated to offer cooks not only luscious baking inspiration, but also dozens of versatile serving ideas as well.

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