At Home With The Summer Kitchen Girls — cooking with tea

It's Time To Make The Donuts (With Apple Spice Tea!)

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It's Time To Make The Donuts (With Apple Spice Tea!)

We're definitely showing our age, but while making our donuts today, we couldn't help but think of that classic '80s Dunkin' Donuts commercial! Our families can't get enough of our Apple Spice Tea-Infused donuts, and we bet you won't be able to resist them either! They come together super easily. Just remember to infuse your milk with one tablespoon of our Apple Spice tea (or any fall-flavored tea, really!). You can even turn them into donut holes if you prefer—oh, the possibilities are endless!

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Earl Grey Chocolate Lava Cake!

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Earl Grey Chocolate Lava Cake!

At Tea Club last night we made this delicious Chocolate Lava Cake in the crockpot with our Earl Grey tea!  You must try!! You can use your favorite Chocolate Lava Cake recipe, just replace the boiling water with brewed tea, that you let come to a boil after you have brewed it and taken the tea out of - it was a HIT!  

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TEA-Misu Time!

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TEA-Misu Time!

We've got a special treat for you today! On The Nine on Chanel 13, we're swapping out espresso for tea to make a delicious TEA-misu! Below, we've shared our recipe, but if you have a favorite tiramisu recipe, use that. Just brew your favorite flavor of black tea to dip your ladyfingers in—it's just that simple!!    

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Tea's an Egg-cellent idea!

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Tea's an Egg-cellent idea!

You know that we LOVE drinking tea, cooking with tea and this week we were DYING to try something new! So, we all have lots of tea in our cupboard, and we've come up with a fun way to use it!  Go ahead and brew yourself a cup of tea and learn how to dye your eggs with your favorite teas! It's a simple recipe really: 1-2 tablespoon loose leaf tea 2 cups boiling water 1 tablespoon white vinegar 4 hard-boiled eggs   Put your tea into a bowl (we used 2 tablespoons because we wanted a really concentrated tea...

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Brewing Up Breakfast!

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Brewing Up Breakfast!

It's COLD out today...and since we are home for the day, we are trying out new recipes with TEA, so we came up with a delicious idea for you today! Oatmeal sounds like a happy, keep-me-warm breakfast, and everyone in the house was on board, but why not shake things up?? Instead of using milk or water, let's brew TEA to cook our oatmeal with! Searching through the cupboards, I came across our Winter Blend tea. If you do not have our Winter Blend, try it. It is one of our signature blends at The Summer Kitchen and is full...

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