The Hunny Pot
Tea Time With Winnie the Pooh
It's time for a little smackeral of something...
Here are some recipes and party ideas for a Winnie the Pooh party or tea. All of Pooh's favorite recipes are made with HUNNY of course. Rabbit even gave us the recipe for his favorite carrot cake.
Hunny Tea Sandwiches
HUNNY BREAD 3/4 c Strong Tea, hot 3/4 c Packed Brown Sugar 1/3 c HUNNY 2 c Unbleached All-Purpose Flour 1 1/2 tsp Baking Soda
BANANA FILLING 6 oz Banana, ripe 1 tsp Lemon Juice Chocolate Sprinkles
Hunny Bread: Butter and flour a 8 1/2x4 1/2x2 1/2" loaf pan. Preheat oven to 350øF. Divide tea between 2 small bowls. Stir brown sugar into one until dissolved. Stir hunny into the other until blended. Set both aside. In a medium bowl, combine flour and baking soda. Mix well. Stir in sugar mixture until blended. Quickly stir in hunny mixture. Pour into pan. Bake at 350øF for 40-45 minutes until skewer inserted in center comes out clean. Cool in pan set on rack 10 minutes. Remove from pan. Cool on rack.
Filling: In a medium bowl, mash banana with lemon juice.
To Assemble: Trim off ends of bread. Cut remaining loaf into slices 1/2" thick. Cut each slice into a floral shape with a 1 3/4" to 2" cookie cutter. With a sharp paring knife or very small round cookie cutter, cut a 1/2" round hole in the center of half the flowers, forming "doughnut" shapes. Spread solid bread flowers with filling. Top with "doughnut" slices. Fill hole with chocolate sprinkles. Serve at once.
Hunny Short Bread
1 cup butter
1/3 cup HUNNY
1 tsp. vanilla
2 1/2 cups all- purpose flour
1 cup toasted, crushed Almonds
Beat the butter, HUNNY & vanilla together until light and fluffy. Slowly add flour and mix in the Almonds. Place in a 9" cast iron skillet( make sure its even throughout) Bake at 300 degrees F for 40 minutes. Cool slightly before unmolding but its wonderful warm.( makes about 24 slices)
Carrot Cake
3 c. flour
1 1/2 c. HUNNY
2 t. baking soda
2 t. cinnamon
1 c. chopped pecans
1 t. salt
1 c. vegetable oil
4 eggs
3 c. grated carrots
Sift flour, baking soda and salt with cinnamon. Add oil, hunny and eggs. Mix well. Fold in carrots, add
nuts. Pour into 2 layer pans. bake at 325 degrees for 30 minutes or until done. Frost when
cool, with:
8 oz cream cheese
1/3 c. HUNNY
1 t. vanilla
Cream cheese with HUNNY and
vanilla until smooth. Spread on cake.
Activities
Tigger's
bouncing race
Have the kids bounce like Tigger (like a sack race). You can even make long
tails out of construction paper (colored black and orange striped, of course)
Pin the tail on Eeyore or the
Bee on Pooh Bear's nose.
Bees in the
HUNNY pot
Toss or drop clothes pins into a bucket or jar or paper sack marked HUNNY
(depending on age/skill level) Paint the clothes pins black and yellow to look like bees.
Favors
Use brown paper lunch bags, write HUNNY on the front then roll down the top edges. Some stores even have little plastic Hunny pots, especially at Easter time. Add Pooh drinking cups, gummy bears, or any small Pooh related toy.
Visit the tea party page for more party ideas.