Winnie-the-Pooh Day
Song for Snowy Weather
The more it snows
Tiddley-Pom
The more it goes
Tiddley-Pom
The more it goes
Tiddley-Pom
On snowing
And nobody knows
Tiddley-Pom
How cold my nose
Tiddley-Pom
Is growing.
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It’s a little bit cold here for playing Poohsticks, so I think we’ll snuggle in for a Tea with Winnie and company.
Let’s start with some banana sandwiches:
Honey Bread (modified from “Nanny’s Honey Tea Sandwiches)
3/4 c. tea (strong)
3/4 c. brown sugar (packed)
1/3 c. Honey
2 c. whole wheat pastry flour
1-1/2 tsp. baking soda
Butter and flour a 8 ½ x 4 ½ x 2 ½ ” loaf pan. Preheat oven to 350 degrees F.
Divide tea between 2 small bowls. Stir brown sugar into one until dissolved. Stir honey into the other until blended. Set both aside. In a medium bowl, combine flour and baking soda. Mix well. Stir in sugar mixture until blended. Quickly stir in honey mixture. Pour into pan.
Bake at 350 degrees F for 40 to 45 minutes until skewer inserted in center comes out clean. Cool in pan set on rack 10 minutes. Remove from pan. Cool on rack.
Banana Filling
2-3 bananas, ripe
1 tsp. lemon juice
Chocolate sprinkles
In a medium bowl, mash banana with lemon juice.
To Assemble:
Trim off ends of bread. Cut remaining loaf into slices ½ ” thick. Cut each slice into a floral shape with a 1 3/4″ to 2″ cookie cutter.
With a sharp paring knife or very small round cookie cutter, cut a ½ ” round hole in the center of half the flowers, forming “doughnut” shapes. Spread solid bread flowers with filling. Top with “doughnut” slices. Fill hole with chocolate sprinkles. Serve at once.
And to go with our tea sandwiches, we’ll have carrot sticks (Rabbit’s favourite), celery sticks, candied nuts (because we haven’t any haycorns), and a nice pot of tea. The little ones will enjoy warm milk (with honey, of course).
Mama will be reading from:
And after that, the little ones shall have a nice, warm bath, be snuggled and bundled off to bed.
Wishing you a day filled with simple delights!
