Egg 'n' Cress Tea Sandwiches
These tea sandwiches look very festive when we cut them out with a holly leaf cookie cutter. We use both white and wheat bread to vary the color and flavor.—Linda Ault, Newberry, Indiana4 ServingsPrep/Total Time: 30 min.
Ingredients
- 4 hard-cooked eggs, finely chopped
- 1/4 cup minced watercress, chives or parsley
- 2 tablespoons chopped pimiento-stuffed olives
- 2 tablespoons mayonnaise
- 1/4 teaspoon salt
- 1/4 teaspoon white pepper
- 2 tablespoons butter, softened
- 8 slices whole wheat and/or white bread
Directions
- In a small bowl, combine the eggs, watercress, olives, mayonnaise,
- salt and pepper. Spread butter over one side of each slice of bread.
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- Spread egg mixture over butter side of four bread slices. Top with
- remaining bread slices. Top with remaining bread, buttered side
- down. Using a 3-in. holly-leaf-shaped cookie cutter, cut out two tea
- sandwiches from each sandwich. Yield: 8 tea sandwiches.