Old-Fashioned Afternoon Tea Recipes

Take a tasty trip back in time and recreate some of these old-fashioned tea-tolling recipes from the late 1700s to the early 1900s. You'll find simple, practical recipes like jelly-covered leftover pie crust, traditional recipes of tea cakes and rusks, and a few unusual recipes like the "Maids of Honor" said to have been served to Queen Elizabeth. Sprinkled throughout are antique tea ads and advice from the original cookbooks.

"Tea-leaves that have been once used are collected, 'doctored,' and again sold as fresh tea."
- Inquire Within for Anything You Want to Know (1859)

1869 Ginger Tea Cakes - Breakfast, Dinner and Tea
1877 Russian Tea - The Home Cook Book
1894 Maple Sugar Muffins - The Common Sense Cook Book
1900 Lemon Tea Wafers - 20th Century Cook Book
1902 Cocoanut Tea Cakes - Columbia Cook Book
1907 Boston Tea Cakes - The Rural Cook Book
1910 Cinnamon Cakes - German Cookery for the American Home
1912 Scotch Tea Biscuits - The Cook County Cook Book
1914 Vanilla Crispettes - The Pure Food Cook Book
1915 Clove Spiced Oolong Iced Tea - Delicious Dishes
1916 Velvet Tea Biscuit - Calumet Cook Book
1921 Swedish Tea Ring - Woman's Institute Library of Cookery