Best Texas Tea Sandwiches Recipes

SOUTHERN TEA SANDWICHES

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Provided by Kardea Brown

Time 30m

Yield 32 finger sandwiches

Number Of Ingredients 17

Ingredients

One 8-ounce container whipped cream cheese
1 tablespoon minced fresh chives
1 tablespoon thinly sliced green onions
1/2 teaspoon garlic powder
Kosher salt and freshly ground black pepper
3/4 cup mayonnaise, plus more if needed
2 tablespoons minced fresh parsley
2 tablespoons minced shallots
1 tablespoon Dijon mustard
1/2 teaspoon smoked paprika
6 hard-boiled large eggs, peeled and chopped
4 slices bacon, cooked and crumbled
Kosher salt and freshly ground black pepper
1 loaf white bread (about 16 slices)
One 6-ounce package thinly sliced smoked salmon
1/2 lemon
1 Persian cucumber, sliced into 16 rounds about 1/4-inch thick

Steps:

For the onion cream cheese: Stir together the cream cheese, chives, green onions and garlic powder in a small bowl. Season with salt and pepper.
For the egg and bacon salad: Stir together the mayonnaise, parsley, shallots, mustard, paprika, eggs and bacon in a medium bowl. Add more mayonnaise if you prefer a creamier egg salad. Season with salt and pepper.
For the sandwiches: Place 4 of the bread slices on a cutting board and spread each with about 3 tablespoons of the onion cream cheese in an even layer on one side. Top with a single layer of smoked salmon, squeeze some lemon juice over the salmon and then cover with a second slice of bread to form 4 sandwiches. Cut the crusts off. Slice each sandwich in half crosswise and then cut each half diagonally to create 4 triangle-shaped finger sandwiches. Place a cucumber round on top of each sandwich and arrange on a platter.
Place 4 of the bread slices on a cutting board and spread each with about 1/4 cup of the egg and bacon salad in an even layer on one side. Cover with a second slice of bread to form 4 sandwiches. Cut the crusts off. Slice each sandwich in half crosswise and then cut each half diagonally to create 4 triangle-shaped finger sandwiches. Arrange on a platter.

TEXAS TEA SANDWICHES

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This recipe has evolved over the last 18 years. It can be "fancied" up or "cowboy'd down". It remains one of the favorites in my family and the kids will come over if they know I am making them. They take a little bit of work, but they are worth it! An assembly line works well putting these together. The flavor mix is wonderful! I am requested to bring them to pot lucks and gatherings and there are never left overs no matter how many I make. :)

Provided by Lorah Hodges @lhodges1

Categories Cheese Appetizers

Number Of Ingredients 15

Ingredients

1 - container of soft spread butter w/ olive oil
1 - loaf of whole wheat bread (you can go generic or splurge on a really good wheat bread, they both work)
1 - loaf of whole white bread (you can go generic or splurge on a really good white bread, they both work)
16 ounce(s) cream cheese
20 ounce(s) smoked ham lunch meat (chopped up into small pieces)
1 bunch(es) green onions (use the onion and some of the green and dice)
2 + tablespoon(s) yellow, ground or dijon mustard (depending on your taste)
1/2 teaspoon(s) garlic powder
1/4 teaspoon(s) ground pepper
TOOLS FOR ASSEMBLING
3 - butter knives
1 - knife to cut off crust from sandwiches
- toothpicks
- platter for sandwiches
- cutting board

Steps:

Dump the softened cream cheese in bowl #1 and mix for about 30 seconds with a mixer to just make it creamy. Stir in the chopped green onions and the garlic powder. Set aside.
Place the chopped ham, mustard and pepper in bowl #2 and mix with a wooden spoon until all of the ham is coated with mustard. Set aside.
Assemble your work area: You will need Bowl #1, Bowl #2, container of softened butter with olive oil, a couple of butter knives, a knife to trim crust away, tooth picks and a platter to place finished sandwiches on.
Begin to assemble: 1. Take a piece of whole wheat bread and spread the butter on it, then spread the ham mixture on top. 2. Take a piece of white bread and spread butter on one side of it. Place the butter side down on the ham mixture of the other piece of bread. On the same slice of white bread, now butter it again and spread the cream cheese mixture on top. 3. Take another piece of whole wheat bread and butter it. Place that butter side down on top of the cream cheese mixture you just spread. On the same slice of whole wheat bread, butter it again and spread the ham mixture on top of it. 4. Since everything is bigger in Texas, we are adding one more layer! Take a piece of white bread, butter it and place it butter side down on the ham mixture. Butter it again and then spread the cream cheese mixture on top. 5. Butter a slice of whole wheat and place it butter side down on the cream cheese.
Now, take your assembled sandwich to a cutting board and trim the crust from all four sides. Then slice it into either 4 squares or 4 triangles. Place a tooth pick in each of the small sandwiches and move to your serving platter.
Continue in this way until you have finished with your ingredients. If you have any left over cream cheese or ham mixture, I typically clean out some cherry tomatoes and stuff them with one of the mixes. These add some color to your tray and a second little snack.
(This is my daughter's "thumb's up"!) Again, this can be made with regular whole wheat and white bread as well as smoked ham lunch meat. OR you can use homemade breads or fresh from the bakery. You could also use a different kind of ham and slice it small. I have tried all different versions and never met one that I didn't like. I will say though that I have found that they smoked lunch meat ham sliced in small pieces holds together the best for serving and eating. You can also alter what type of bread you start with so your sandwiches end with a different type and your platter has both white and whole wheat showing. I haven't found a great use for the left over crust, other than giving my dogs a few of them. :) If you think of something let me know!