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The Steeping Room, Austin Texas

Austin, Texas

thesteepingroom.com

(a tea room)
4400 N Lamar Blvd #102
Austin, Texas

512-467-2663

Eileen writes:

I was visiting Texas and went to The Steeping Room for a tea party.
I don’t know about you but, when I have gone for tea since I was diagnosed I have had tea and “the salad” .

At the Steeping room I had the full tea listed on the menu, which included tea sandwiches, scones with jam and clotted cream, tea cookies, fruit, and a tea cake all gluten free and delish!!!!
The only problem I had was my non gluten free friends wanted to share things so they could taste what they hadn’t ordered.
I tried to explain that I couldn’t share because I couldn’t try any of theirs.

When in Austin have fun at tea and check with other tearooms to see if you can have more than “the salad”.

Easy Holiday Gift Cookies

1-2 packages gluten-free cake mix (enough for 2 layers)

1/2 cup gluten free flour mix

1/3 cup canola oil

2-3 eggs

4 ounces applesauce

6 ounces semisweet chocolate chips

1/2 cup chopped pecans, or other nuts (optional)

Mix and blend well all ingredients except chocolate chips and nuts in a large bowl.

Gently stir in chips and nuts.

Place teaspoonfuls of dough 2 inches apart on an ungreased baking sheet.

Bake at 350 degrees for 12 to 14 minutes.

Allow to cool. Cookies will be light and cake-like. Place 10 to 12 cookies on a small decorative plate, cover with colored cellophane and tie with a bright ribbon. Makes approximately 3 dozen cookies.

Hints: If cookies appear to stick to cookie sheet a bit, spray cookie sheet with a little cooking spray.
Try different types of cake mixes and add-in ingredients, such as white chocolate chips, different kinds of nuts – or maybe cereals?, M & M’s or other candies, etc. – fun to experiment! Cookies could be frosted a bit, too, if desired.

Cornmeal Thumbprints

2 cups gluten-free flour blend (add xanthan or guar gum, according to package directions if flour does not contain any)

1/2 cup yellow cornmeal

1/2 teaspoon salt

10 tablespoons (1 1/4 sticks) unsalted butter, room temperature

2/3 cups granulated sugar

2 teaspoons lemon zest

3 large egg yolks

1/2 teaspoon vanilla extract

4 tablespoons black currant jam (or other jam of your choice)

Preheat oven 350 degrees. Whisk together flour, cornmeal and salt in large bowl.

With mixer, cream together butter, sugar and lemon zest 2-3 minutes until light and fluffy.
Beat in egg yolks. Add vanilla. Add flour and cornmeal mixture. Mix until no flour pockets remain.

Shape rounded tablespoonfuls of dough into balls.
Place on parchment-lined cookie sheet 1 inch apart.
Bake 5 minutes and remove from oven.
If not too hot, use thumb (or use end of a wooden spoon handle or anything that works)
to make a deep indentation in each cookie.
(Dip thumb or spoon, etc. in ice water before each press.)
Edges will crack when you do this.
Return to oven for another 5 to 8 minutes, until bottoms are golden.

While cookies are still warm, fill centers with jam.
Transfer to rack to finish cooling.

Pizzelle Cookies

Copyright1995-2006 Scott Adams

1/2 cup butter or margarine

2/3 cup sugar

3 eggs

2 cups gluten-free flour

1/2 teaspoon xanthan gum
(unless gluten-free flour contains xanthan or guar gum,
if so, omit adding more)

1 teaspoon baking powder

1 teaspoon vanilla

pinch of salt

Melt butter or margarine on a low heat in a small sauce pan. Beat eggs in a large bowl and add vanilla. Add sugar to egg mixture and beat well. After butter has melted, allow to cool slightly and then add to egg and sugar mixture. Sift in flour, baking power and xanthan gum, if needed, into the wet mixture, stirring well to ensure all flour is completely mixed. Bake using pizzelle iron. Makes about 2 dozen.