Fancy Tomato Pesto Tea Sandwiches

Today I want to share one of my favorite Tea Sandwich recipes! 

It's a Fancy Tomato Pesto Tea Sandwich that tastes incredible

and looks so pretty! I've made these for open houses, book

signings and tea parties and they were always a hit!

All you need is a pack of Cherry Tomatoes, one pkg

Cream Cheese, one small jar of Basil Pesto and a loaf

of thinly sliced White Bread.

I spread the pesto mixture on the bread before 

cutting out my shapes because it's a lot easier 

(to me) than having to spread it on each and every

shape evenly. It's so much neater this way.

Here's the recipe!

Fancy Tomato Pesto Tea Sandwiches

1 container cherry tomatoes

1/4 cup plus 1 tbsp basil pesto

1 8 oz pkg cream cheese, softened

1 loaf thinly sliced white bread

fresh basil or parsley to garnish

Slice cherry tomatoes and place on paper towels.

Mix together basil pesto and cream cheese (I used

my hand mixer) 

Spread a generous amount of pesto mixture on slices

of bread and cut out shapes with desired cookie

cutter. Place one slice of cherry tomato on each

bread shape. Put 1/2 cup of the pesto mixture into

a piping bag with a small open star tip. (I use

disposable piping bags so that I can just throw

away after use.) Pipe a small swirl of the pesto

mixture on the cherry tomato and top with

a small sprig of basil or parsley if desired.

So Delicious!! xo