The Mr. occasionally travels for work and lately he's been going to Hong Kong and Macau. The Mr. shares my love for tea. So while he was there right before Christmas he sat down to a Holiday Afternoon Tea, and boy was I jealous. I wish I could have been there. Here are a couple pictures he took, they even served sipping chocolate with the tea.
On his most recent trip he brought me home some TWG Tea. The two tea flavors he brought back were Tea Party and Moments Tea. I had my mom over today to try them and the banana oatmeal cookies I made.
Tea Party is from their Haute Couture Tea Collection, which means what? Its extra fancy and they can charge more? It's a black tea infused with candied sweetness and bright yellow blossoms. Not much of a description for such a fancy tea, I think the bright yellow blossoms are Marigolds, as I have seen those in other teas before, but not sure what else is in it. It is very tasty though and has a sweetness to it. It definitely reminds you of a tea party and the yummy goodies served.
The Moments Tea is a special tea created exclusively for the Sheraton Macau Hotel and is a mix of green and black tea with sweet flower blossoms and ripe tropical mango. Again I am left wondering exactly what's in it, but the smell is very intense and it is very tropical and fruity. They are both delicious but I think I prefer the Moments Tea.
Now on to the other yummy part of this post, the cookies! I have to start off by saying these cookies are pretty simple and healthy so don't expect them to taste just like oatmeal cookies. My mom had in her mind that she was having oatmeal cookies so she was quite surprised when she took her first bite. We both agreed these were tasty but would be even yummier with chocolate chips, but then that is adding more sugar. She even had the great suggestion of turning these into bars to take with you for a snack instead of buying granola bars.
I found these cookies on pinterst which led me the blog The Burlap Bag. Her site has the full recipe with other great ideas. I tweaked the recipe a bit and used Strawberry Shortcake Oatmeal instead of quick oats and it turned out great.
All these cookies have in them is 2 bananas and 1 cup of oatmeal. Smash everything together and bake at 350 for 15 minutes on parchment paper.
They could not be any easier and I don't feel guilty about sitting down and eating 3 at one time. I think tomorrow I will make another batch but this time with chocolate chips, just a few won't hurt right?
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