Earl Grey Tea Bread

January 6, 2021 By palatablepastime in Breads, Breakfast & Brunch, British, Currants, dates, English, Fruits, Herbs, Spices, Teas, and Coffee, Nuts, Oven Baked, Quick Breads, United States, walnuts Tags: #FoodieExtravaganza, baking recipes, Baking with Tea, fruit and nut breads, quick bread, tea bread recipes, Tea Loaf, tea party recipes 6 Comments

Earl Grey Tea Bread has a citrus flavored and tea infused batter littered with an abundance of currants, dates and walnuts.

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Gingerbread Shortbread Cookies

November 21, 2019 By palatablepastime in British, Cookies, Cooking Method, Desserts, Electric Mixer, English, European, Oven Baked, Rolled, Scottish Tags: Christmas Cookies, Christmas recipes, gingerbread, Holiday cookies, holiday recipes, National Gingerbread Cookie Day, stamped cookies, treacle cookies 1 Comment

Stamped shortbread cookies spiced with gingerbread spices make a festive addition to any holiday or Christmas cookie jar.

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Peach Blueberry Mini Trifles

August 14, 2019 By palatablepastime in Blueberries, British, Dairy, Desserts, English, European, Fruits, Milk & Cream, No Cook, Peaches Tags: #StoneFruitsWeek, angelfood cake, blueberries, desserts, easy, no bake, No Cook, parfait, peaches, pudding 3 Comments

Fresh peaches and fresh blueberries mingle in layers of peach pudding and blueberry cream in these adorable summertime mini dessert trifles.

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Fat Rascals

February 11, 2019 By palatablepastime in Almonds, Biscuits and Scones, Breads, Breakfast & Brunch, British, Cherries, Dried Fruits/Raisins, English, European, Fruits, Nuts, Oven Baked, Quick Breads, Sweet Tags: #BakingBloggers, almonds, breakfast, British Baking, brunch, cherries, currants, English, rock cakes, scones, tea cakes 12 Comments

Fat Rascals are a type of English Yorkshire scone or rock cake with a pleasant plump rascal face of almonds and cherries with currants as well.

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English Crumpets #EattheWorld

February 10, 2019 By palatablepastime in Breads, Breakfast & Brunch, British, Dairy, English, European, Milk & Cream, Quick Breads, Stovetop, Yeast Breads Tags: #EattheWorld, breads, British, Crumpets, English, Pikelets, quick breads, yeast breads 6 Comments

English crumpets, also called pikelets in some areas, are yeast leavened scones that are cooked on a griddle, similar to an English muffin.

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Mary Berry Cherry Cake

March 15, 2018 By palatablepastime in British, Cakes, Cherries, Desserts, Electric Mixer, English, European, Fruits, Oven Baked Tags: almonds, baking, bundt, bundtbakers, cakes, cherries, cherry, desserts, fruit, Great British Bake Off, Mary Berry 11 Comments

My American adaptation of Mary Berry’s Cherry Cake from the television show “The Great British Bake Off”.

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Fruitcake Muffins

November 27, 2017 By palatablepastime in Alcoholic, Breads, Breakfast & Brunch, British, Cherries, Cranberries, Dried Fruits/Raisins, English, European, Fruits, Muffins, Nuts, Oranges, Oven Baked, Pecans, Pineapple, Quick Breads, rum, walnuts Tags: candied fruits, cherries, Christmas, festive, fruitcake, ginger, holiday, kopi luwak, muffinmonday, muffins, nuts, old english fruit mix, pecans, pineapple, quick breads, Sweet Eats 3 Comments

Fruitcake muffins are lightly spiced, packed full of candied fruit and nuts, perfect for an on-the-go holiday breakfast or tea-time treat.

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Chicken Stew with Parsley Dumplings

June 17, 2017 By palatablepastime in Beans, Boneless Breasts, British, Carrots, Celery, Chicken, Cuisine, English, Fresh greenbeans/wax beans/haricots verts, Main Dish, Main Ingredients, Meats, Mushrooms, Onions, Peas, Potatoes, Poultry, Soups, Stews & Chili, Stew, Stovetop, United States Tags: #SoupSwappers, boneless chicken, chicken, dumplings, English, parsley, stew, vegetables 4 Comments

Chicken Stew with Parsley Dumplings is creamy, chock full of veggies and topped with light and fluffy parsley dumplings.

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Fish Pie

January 20, 2017 By palatablepastime in British, Carrots, Cheese, Cooking Method, Course, Cuisine, Dairy, English, European, Fish, Fish and Seafood, Main Dish, Main Ingredients, Milk & Cream, Oven Baked, Peas, Potatoes Tags: #fishfridayfoodies, British, carrots, casserole, cream sauce, fish, fisherman's, haddock, mashed potatoes, peas, pie, smoked fish, smoked haddock 5 Comments

Fish Pie is a British style specialty made with plain and smoked haddock in a creamy sauce with veggies and a cheesy potato topping.

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