Not Aunt Marions Russian Tea Recipes

Steps:

• Place cloves and cinnamon stick on a double thickness of cheesecloth. Gather corners of cloth to enclose seasonings; tie securely with string. Place in a 6-qt. stockpot., Add water; bring to a boil. Remove from heat. Add tea bags; steep, covered, 5 minutes according to taste. Meanwhile, in a small saucepan, combine sugar, orange juice and lemon juice; bring to a boil. Discard spice bag and tea bags. Stir juice mixture into tea. Serve immediately.

Steps:

• HOT SPICE JUICES: Bring the Water to a boil. Add the Sugar, Orange Juice, Lemon Juice, Cloves & Cinnamon. Boil about 5 minutes.
• BREWING THE TEA: Now bring the other Water to a boil in another pot, add your Loose Black Tea Leaves. Let it steep for 3 to 4 minutes.
• Add your HOT SPICE JUICES s l o w l y to the brewed Tea until you reach your desired flavor & aroma. Sit back with friends & enjoy.
• NOTE: I found it odd that with all the other ingredients used that ground cinnamon was used instead of a cinnamon stick. But I figure that if anyone wants to use a cinnamon stick with this, it is acceptable. Personally, I thought ground cinnamon was rude to the loose tea leave considering how hard it can be for me to find black loose tea leaves. So they deserve the best treatment, is how I see it. If I use tea bags, then I probably wouldn't feel guilty using the ground cinnamon.

Steps:

• Preheat the oven to 350 degrees F.
• Add the butter to your standing mixer, put it on medium speed, then add your sugar right into the bowl. Turn it up so it gets nice and fluffy. Stop the mixer and scrape down the edges. Continue to beat it until it's almost white. Now you're ready for your eggs. Keep the mixer on low and add them 1 at a time. Wait to add the other egg until the first one is fully incorporated into the butter and sugar. Now add the almond and vanilla extracts.
• Add the baking powder to the flour and whisk really well, fully incorporating the baking powder into the flour and making sure any little clumps of flour are broken up. Add just a pinch of salt. Now add the flour mixture slowly to the butter mixture. Add in the pecans on slow speed.
• Scoop the batter with a small ice cream scooper, melon baller, or even a soup spoon, just make sure they are all the same size. And don't worry about spacing them out too much on the baking sheet, they aren't going to spread out, they're going to stay like little balls.
• Put the trays in the fridge for an hour or so. You want the butter to harden up, making the cookies crispy and delicious when baked.
• Bake for 15 minutes until they are golden brown. While still warm, roll them in confectioners' sugar. It will adhere slightly to the cookies, looking like snowballs.

Steps:

• Boil 2 quarts water in a pot. Remove from heat, add tea bags, and steep for 20 minutes. Remove and discard tea bags.
• Combine remaining 2 quarts water, sugar, cinnamon stick, and cloves in a separate pot. Bring to a boil. Add the brewed tea, pineapple juice, orange juice, and lemon juice.

Steps:

• Bring 8 cups water to a boil in a large stockpot. Remove from heat. Add tea bags; steep, 5 to 7 minutes. Remove and discard tea bags and return pot to medium heat.
• Bring 1 cup water to a boil in a separate pot. Add sugar; stir well until dissolved. Pour mixture into the stockpot with the tea. Add pineapple juice, orange juice concentrate, and lemon juice. Stir.
• Put cloves in a tea ball and place into the stockpot with the tea-juice mixture. Cook for 10 minutes; do not boil. Turn heat down to very low; let simmer until flavors blend, 15 to 20 minutes more.

Steps:

• Bring Water to a boil. Then take off heat & add the Tea Bags, the Cinnamon Stick & Whole Cloves. (you can tie the spices in a cheesecloth but fine if you don't. just strain it with a tea strainer once brewed). BREW for 10 minutes. Take out cheesecloth stuff or just strain.
• Add the Sugar. Add the Orange Juice & Lemon Juice.
• This is to be drank HOT. So if you refrigerate any leftovers, just heat up as you would do any hot beverage. OPTIONAL: Garnish with Lemon slices or Orange slices or both.