56 tea egg recipes

Five-ingredient quick scones with butter, flour, milk, baking powder, and salt. No eggs, no sugar, ready in 30 minutes for warm tea-time scones with butter and jam.

Light plum or apricot tea cake made with egg whites, orange juice, and fructose instead of butter and sugar. A lower-fat fruit loaf that stays moist for days.

Lacy, crisp pecan cookies made with just 5 ingredients: egg white, brown sugar, flour, salt, and chopped pecans. A dainty, old-fashioned tea party cookie that bakes in 10 minutes flat.

Light and crisp egg-whipped anise biscotti made with cornstarch for extra snap. Nut-free, piped from a pastry bag, and twice-baked golden. The ideal dunking cookie for coffee or tea.

Banquet Nut Wafers spread Italian meringue - hot sugar syrup beaten into stiff egg whites - over wafer crackers, sprinkle with ground nuts, and brown briefly in a hot oven. A vintage tea party treat.

The classic onion tea sandwich: thin sweet onion and mayonnaise on rounds of soft egg bread, with the edges rolled in minced parsley for a pretty green rim. A retro cocktail-party favorite.

Pots de creme pie with a pound of dark Belgian chocolate, heavy cream, half-and-half, and ten egg yolks set into a graham cracker crust. Decadent French chocolate pie for serious chocolate lovers.

SPAM breakfast skillet with hash brown potatoes, bell peppers, onion, eggs, hot sauce, and cheddar cheese. A one-pan breakfast scramble that feeds a crowd.