Here’s my very own House of Creativity, all decked out for Valentine’s Day! Wouldn’t it be great if I could make smoke rings in the shape of white hearts come from the chimney? (Someone should invent a Valentine heart chimney insert!). Right now, snow is pouring down outside my window, big heavy flakes, a little bit heart-shaped, filling the sky . . . Of course, there is perfect music for this . . .
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See my windows full of hearts? Our house is at the end of a long street; people come to a stop sign here and face my house, just like this. Because of all the one-way streets, pretty soon everyone has to pass this stop sign in order to get where they’re going on this island. ♥ I feel a certain responsibility to provide a some entertainment for people when they get here; it’s perfect for the short attention span! So I decorated my windows with leftover spray snow from Christmas. I made heart templates, little and big, from a piece of clear acetate. I’ve also made templates from cardboard, but they get a little soggy after about the twentieth heart! You could probably do it all faster with heart doilies!
We got a Valentine from a very special person yesterday! She knows who she is! (Thank you 1000 times ♥) Here it is, on our kitchen wall this morning, before the sun came up. This will be here from now on, every Valentine’s Day, forever! ♥ I love it!
What, I asked myself, can I give the girls this snowy Saturday that has it All? It needs to be sweet and Valentiney, it needs to include chocolate (yes, of course it does), it needs to be delicious enough to give away to someone they love, but simple enough so it’s not a lifetime in the kitchen; it needs to look good on a tea table; it needs to make the kitchen smell good; and it would be very handy if the ingredients were in my cupboard NOW. I thought about my chewy, bendy chocolaty Brownies (so here’s the recipe for those, particularly appreciated by kids, in case you are so inclined ♥) but I was looking for the true Valentine coup de grace, I wanted something heart-shaped. And, so, Voila!
ORANGE and CHOCOLATE CHIP TEA BISCUITS!
I love the flavor of orange with chocolate . . . this is an easy-to-make heart-shaped tea biscuit with melty chocolate chips, the perfect little thing to put on a saucer next to a cup of tea.
Here’s how it’s done; a concise recipe will be waiting for you at the bottom of this post, (if you make it through this whole thing 🙂 and actually, that’s not all that’s waiting for you at the bottom!)
Preheat the oven to 400°; put softened unsalted butter and cream cheese into a deep bowl . . .
Add grated orange zest (P.S. I hope you have one of these wonderful zesters! They’re like razor blades you drag lightly across the fruit, easy, painlessly, gathering the zest in the tray; then pop into your recipe! Best new invention since a MacBook Pro!)
Excuse me, time out: Water came to a boil, need to stop and fill my cup!
OK, toss the orangy goodness into the bowl . . .
Use a hand mixer to beat everything together until smooth . . . mmm, cream cheese, butter and orange . . .
Scrape down the batter in the bowl . . .
Add sour cream for richness and tender crumb. BTW, Don’t you think that when the world lost Louis Armstrong and Ella Fitzgerald that an overall mistake was made? Don’t you want to say, please, put them back? They left us music divine.
♥ H E A V E N ♥
Stir in two tablespoons of granulated sugar . . .
Gradually beat in a little flour until well blended . . . Oh-oh, check out the top of the refrigerator, we have company . . .
Speaking of Valentine’s! ♥ ♥ ♥
More beating of the flour . . .
Add mini chocolate chips — if you like walnuts, which I do, you can add them here too . . . which I would if we hadn’t run out! Almost had all the ingredients; but trust me, with them or without them, the word is Y U M.
Stir well, my little darlings . . .
Put a heaping tsp. of dough into each cup of an ungreased miniature muffin pan (I took this photo to show you what a heaping tsp. looks like) . . . I used my black-iron heart muffin pan, which I’ve had for a hundred years — I’ve truly gotten my money’s worth out of it! When it’s not in use, it makes my pantry wall look cute by hanging there. I know a secret about this muffin pan, I’ll tell you at the end of this post!
You want to fill the cups completely down into the little points, around the curved tops, so you have good shapes, and level the surface of the dough.
And bake 15-17 minutes until light brown . . .
Now look who showed up . . . Girl Kitty! Speaking of heaven!
We are complete: we have Beauty on the table, Beast is on the fridge, biscuits are in the oven, and all’s right with the world.
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Have a basket ready, line it with a clean tea towel . . . pop the biscuits right out of the pan into the basket, you don’t have to let them cool first.
Beautiful and delicious, they can bake as you put on the tea water, and be done by the time the tea has steeped . . . the orange is what you smell first, the chocolate melts on your tongue, and you are happy. ♥
I’m only tellin’ it how it is.
I tried them with this delicious new honey I put on everything these days (it came from Door County by the way, Pat, and all you others who know about and love that neck of the woods — you have the market cornered when it comes to butter burgers and honey!) — but I have to say, although it was delicious, it was gilding the lily; these tea biscuits are good just as they are, straight from the oven; you don’t need butter, you don’t need jam or syrup; you need nothing more. If you are looking for additional cuteness, and who isn’t, you can always sift over a little powdered sugar!
Serve one of these tea biscuits next to a cup of breakfast tea; put them in a basket for a tea party; or if you have a fun Valentine’s tin — they are a wonderful surprise, arranged on a lace doily and dropped by a friend’s house.
And, the secret I had about this muffin pan? Are you ready? OK, this pan, along with the heart-shaped Emma Bridgewater tin in the picture above — they are my Valentine gift to one of you. We’re having another drawing, and even though every one of you is totally deserving, one lucky girl is going to walk away with these two memories of Valentine’s Day 2012! Just leave a comment below (click on the tiny gray letters that say “comment” and you’ll be entered! I figure if I do this often enough and long enough, sooner or later, every one of you will win something with love from the heart of the home and me! That’s my plan.
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SATURDAY MORNING MARTHA’S VINEYARD
XXXXXOOOOO
Have you heard Paul McCartney’s new Valentine song? Go get a tissue, this is wonderful. I hear love for his new wife in this song, but I think I hear a bit of yearning for Linda too. ♥ Sad. 🙁 But Beautiful.
Bye for now girls . . . have a wonderful weekend!
ORANGE & CHOCOLATE CHIP TEA BISCUITS
- 1/4 c. unsalted butter, softened
- 1 – 3oz. pkg. cream cheese, softened
- grated zest of one orange
- 1/2 c. sour cream
- 2 Tbsp. granulated sugar
- 1 c. self-rising flour
- 1/3 c. mini semi-sweet chocolate chips
- 1/4 c. chopped walnuts (opt.)
Preheat oven to 400°. In a deep, medium-sized bowl, using a hand mixer on slow speed, beat together butter, cream cheese, and zest until smooth. Scrape down the bowl, add sour cream and sugar and beat well. Gradually beat in flour until well blended. Stir in chocolate chips. Put a heaping tsp. of dough in each cup of an ungreased miniature muffin tin (heart-shaped if you have it, but just as delicious if it’s round), filling the space completely and leveling the surface of the dough. Bake 15-17 minutes until light brown. Pop biscuits out into a basket lined with a tea towel … cover to keep warm. Can be reheated. Makes a dozen tea biscuits. Make these for you and someone you love. ♥
Ohhhhh I am so very very happy that I found this blog site. , I keep hugging my iPad ,oh I have so much to read and look at!!!!!! I have been a fan of yor art work since I first saw it, and send your cards etc to my family in England for ever occasion. I thought you were English ….oh I am so excited I am bubbling. I am going to make these for hubbies birthday on Monday !!!!!
Part of me is English, that’s for sure, the part that wants to be in England!
Me too!!!!
Dear Sue, my sister is coming for a visit in a few days so I’ll make these biscuits to share with her! ♥ ♥ ♥Thank you for the lovely visit this cold Saturday. XOXO♥ ♥ ♥
Hi Susan,
I had given up on getting snow, so started taking down all winter decorations and getting out spring/easter things (I start decorating for Christmas in October, I just get way too excited!) Then this morning we got our first snow, and even though it was only a dusting it was so fun to watch in come down. It’s windy and cold but I’m going to order your rug with the girl at the beach on it, and dream of sailing this summer on our lake. Thank you for your “heart” warming blog, I so look forward to it. Love your positivity, girlfriend!!!
Thank you, Susan,
So many things to love today – all things heart-shaped, Ella and Louie, Kitties, valentines, biscuits, tins, zesters, snow.
Happy Valentine’s Day!
Oh Susan, what a cloudy dreary brrr day here in Williamsburg. We are anxiously awaiting our first snowflake of 2012. I love walking Duke of Gloucester Street in the first snowfall of the season. It truly takes you back in time. I’m sure all the islanders love to make a FULL stop at your corner!
The muffins look soooo yummy!
Hope everyone enjoys the rest of the weekend.
Bliss!
Marie xo
Your house is so cute with the hearts! I loved seeing Girl, & Jack watching her every move. I will try the biscuits next week. I am going to make your Chocolate Truffles tomorrow. Happy Valentines Day to you & Joe, and all the girlfriends!
The only thing better than reading your sweet blogs would be reading them with a heart shaped muffin fresh from the oven 😉
I just came back from visiting my dad in England , we live quite near where Beatrice Potter lived, Well closer to The Bronte sisters house in Howarth,,,,
Lucky, want to go sooooo bad, it’s the dream that keeps me painting…
Love your blog! Valentine’s Day is a fun time. It is the little surprizes that make it special. Thank you for the recipe. I will be making the biscuits for my family for valentine’s. I have three kitties and always enjoy seeing and reading what Jack and Girl Kitty are up to. My two girls are quiet and subdued but the male is just the opposite. He chose to live here but sometimes he can be bully-cat toward the girls. I would love to win the heart-shaped pan and tin.
I would love to win the heart shaped muffin pan! and the beautiful tin … why? hmmm, just because I want to win something! 🙂
Pink Hugs,
Dee
Oh, that recipe looks wonderful, as does your “decked out” home. Lovely for Valentine’s Day! And what a delightful treat that heart pan would make :))
Oh, my goodness, when you said the secret was that you were gifting these, my heart skipped a beat. Thank you for the opportunity!
Louis Armstrong, Ella Fitzgerald, Paul McCartney and a chance to win? Fabulous!!! I’m baking those little bisquits for my sweet grandson to have with his hot chocolate. He’ll love me and you for the surprise. Happy Valentines day!
Thank you for sharing recipes and thoughts! I love everything you do!
As usual, I am loving your blog. Thanks for sharing all with us! I love the muffin tin and the recipe looks delicious. Unfortunately I have been sick all week with bronchitis and sinus infection, so I won’t be attempting it today, but orange and chocolate are one of my favorite combinations. Maybe the new meds from doctor will do the trick and tomorrow I’ll be able to move around without coughing, coughing and more coughing. Then I will be baking!!
Hi Robin,
Hope you’re feeling better very soon!
Yes, it’s to bad about Louis and Ella, and so many others of that divine musical era, but at least we still have their music on records and CDs to play whenever we feel like it. And isn’t Girl Kitty looking regal today. Hope she’s enjoying herself in the snow. We have rain here on Vancouver Island. Lots of snowdrops blooming though, and even a few cherry blossoms. It won’t be long before spring is here (I hope). Thanks for the tea-biscuit recipe, and for being so kind as to offer us a chance to win your lovely heart-shaped biscuit pan. I was thinking of making cookies for Valentine’s Day, but now, I think those lovely tea biscuits are in order. And perhaps a trip to Chinatown for some special tea.
Those sound yummy, love your 4 footed helpers! Whats a little cat hair in the recipie between friends? Thanks for the chance, dont have a heart pan, so I need one!
We are having the same light snow here in southern Colorado. A perfect baking day. I made pineapple upside down cake for the first time. Haven’t tried it yet, but it looks delish. I wonder, does girl kitty go to the front door to see if the weather is different there. My old cat Cecelia used to do that – go from door to door to see if the weather was any better out the other way :l)
Love the recipe! I think I might try it tonight and make Valentine’s cards with my BFF! Yippee!! Love and hearts to you!
Wow, you are the greatest. I always love the homey, cozy feeling I get from reading your blog. And as a cat lover, the photos of Girl Kitty and Jack make me so happy! As soon as I saw that heart shaped muffin baking tin, I thought to my self how wonderful it would be if I had one so that I could make some heart shaped muffins for my husband and sons for Valentine’s Day. Thanks so much for all your great ideas!
What a Delight! I clicked on your blog not realizing you’d added a new post. As soon as I began reading it, I just had to stop to make me a cup of apricot tea and grab a slice of my favorite dark chocolate orange that I got for Christmas! (one slice a day makes it last forever!) Then to see your recipe for your orange chocolate chip tea biscuits! How fun is that? You’re a peach! 🙂 I’d Love a heart- shaped muffin pan and tin! Count me in! Love the photos and video of Girl Kitty and Jack. They’ve become quite a pair now, haven’t they? I know everyone says it, but I sure Love your blog! It’s always a delight! (Guess I already said that didn’t I?)
Love your blog. Your writing today brought back great pre-housefire memories for me, as I used to have the same cast iron heart muffing pan.
If often “copy & paste” your blog drawings and share the love in emails to friends. Much love from Canada!
Oh squeal!! that would really be the sweetest – if we could produce hearts to come out of the chimney!! Must try those sweet biscuits – will do by drop method – until I win – hee hee!!! I’m going to copy and cover my windows with hearts – at least a door!!
How cute little Jack is – he thinks you are baking for him!!
Happy Sweet Day!!!
OH MY what a perfect Pre Valentine of posting!!! LOVE the heart stencils in your windows. LOVE LOVE the orange and chocolate tea biscuits (I want to make them NOW!!!) AND even my hubby loves your Girl Kitty and Jack videos!!
How many times can we say AHHHHHH. ALOT. Thank you for offering up the darling tin and the really cool heart pan!!!! Cindy
Your kitties make me happy! Am so glad I gave myself one for Christmas! Thanks for the lovely photos and thanks ahead of time for the darling tin and biscuit pan—-I am feeling REAL lucky!!
I have to say that I was coveting that heart pan while watching you bake your biscuits, so imagine my surprise when you mentioned they would be in the giveaway. yeah for all of us!
thanks so much for having such a wonderful blog.
Dear Susan,
Lovely post today as always. Snowing here in Colorado Springs too! I have the “BIG LOVE” tea towel and it occupies a special space on my stove front…I love all of her stuff…I use my Big Love mug for hot chocolate! I agree on “My Valentine”..beautiful…and it reminds me of Linda (but no disrespect to his new wife!). I need to pick up his new CD soon! Happy Valentine’s Day to you and Joe!
Heart shaped treats – what a great way to share a little love with those closest to you. I would love to win this tin.
Hi – I love the heart-shaped tins, but loved the music more. Thanks for that beautiful music.
ILOVE hearts! Thank you for the chance to win… Your things are so lovely.
Oh! Susan,
That Paul McCartney song is infiltrating every nook (and cranny) of my cranium. So melancholic! Anyway, I live in In N Out territory which leads to the question, what is a butter burger? or does the name give it away? Thanks for the short walk in the snow and the return to a cozy kitchen.
Fabulous burger place we went to in Wisconsin and very famous in that neck of the woods…the bun is toasted in butter first 🙂
Hi Susan!
What a perfect time for baking. We are at zero degrees here and have about one inch of snow. I have to tell you that when I was growing up and still am, lol, mother always made the best food in all of her cast iron kettles, casseroles, dutch ovens and there is NO other pan that can duplicate the flavor or cook so lovely. I still use them but never had or have any for desserts such as this heart pan. How I would love to add that to my collection of roasting and fry pans. Wouldn’t mind tasting those bisquits either. lol………….sure looks yummy. thanks for the recipe!
Okay, throwing my hat in the ring for the heart shaped muffin pan and tin. I love all things heart!
Of course I am doing this while I am taking a break from packing and purging for our big move to Park City, Utah (from MA). But I will be able to see my fav island here on your blog and that will be so great for me. My sister-in-law’s brother has house there, so we will be visiting one of these summers for sure! But I will still miss the Cape and Islands.
Oh, and BTW just packed up all your books I have quite a few) and decorated the box Susan Branch style. That was fun 🙂
Happy to hear you’re moving to Park City, it’s B E A U T I F U L, and one of my favorite places, oh and it’s my backyard:) May I send you a warm welcome! <3
How nice!!! That’s a big move — Park City is gorgeous!
I adore your Blog Susan! My number 1 favorite! Know how much you are loved and appreciated. ***HAPPY VALENTINES DAY!*** XOXO
I am in love with ♥’s and would love to win. Thanks!♥♫
I loved this post.. seeing your gorgeous house decked out with hearts in the windows, the wonderful music, adorable pictures of Jack & Girl kitty, & a video too! Also, thanks so much for the recipe for the Orange & Chocolate Chip Tea Biscuits, can’t wait to make those. And I HEART that muffin pan 🙂 Maybe I’ll be the lucky winner this time, but if not, I’m sure the tea biscuits will still taste delicious in a regular pan. As always, Thank you Susan for making my day just a little bit brighter. LOVE YOU!! ~ Doris from CA
P.S. Is there a reason that you use Self-Rising flour instead of AP flour & baking powder/soda?
Just easier and I had it on hand.
I forwarded your website to a dear friend who suffered a tragic auto accident. She will be laid up for several months. She loved your blog, especially the dishes! Thanks for all you do!
Please do give her my best! A big hug and get well soon!
Great blog-May I recommend the movie from Hallmark called The Lost Valentine with Betty White? BEAUTIFUL!!!!! Happy V-Day to all my fellow Susie fans and of course to Susie too!
Thank you for Sharing Such Yummy Joy!
Your cats are so cute! Beauty and the Beast..love it! Happy Valentines day dear Sue..waving from Washington state!
It’s amazing how you can make a small little happening into a party and make my mouth water just reading your recipes. Happy Valentines’ Day.
Susan,
Thank you so much for always thinking of us….this blog stood out right away…yellow batter bowl and chocolate chips! A yummy way to take a break…these are now on my list….and I am making them tomorrow afternoon…a nice way to spend a Sunday, along with a mug full of steaming Constant Comment!
Cynthia
Hi Susan,
The biscuits sound yummy! I would love the heart shaped things – I love hearts! I make button pins in heart shapes. Your music choices are great! Wish we could get some of your snow to our Northern California foothills and mountains – we need it!
Great idea for pins!!!
My beast is hiding under the bed after a grooming and quite snarly. Love to have a heart muffin pand and the cute tin. However, if it is not to be, I will still enjoy the tea biscuits with a cup of Constant Comment and have a wonderful time, :-)).
Janice
Thank you Susan for all that you do!! And you do it so well!! Happy Valentines to you & Joe & the kitties!! ;0)
I so love being surprised by finding your blog on my email page, and a valentiney one to boot! It’s snowing like crazy here, lake effect snow in Michigan, a perfect day for tea and heart biscuits! I LOVE valentine’s day and make them for my girlfriends each year.
Susan, thank you for sharing the snowy day video. We are expecting snow here by Tuesday. I hope so…it has been warmer than usual in NC this year so far. Today, Old Man Winter is making up for lost time. The temp. has dropped and the wind is ferocious! Hoping for at least one snowfall this winter. L. xoxo
My daughter and I love to bake; we’re going to use your recipe as soon as possible, heart-shaped pan or not. The heart-shaped pan would be a wonderful addition to my small but growing pan collection, and I would love to have it for future baking days.
Love your Blog Susan! Can’t wait to make the tea bisquits and would love to have the heart shaped pan to bake in! I, too, have 2 cats, male and female that keep me entertained daily. So I love watching yours too! Happy Valentine’s Day to YOU!
Now you have made me long for the tea biscuits but I do not have all the ingredients.. maybe, another day.
My Grandmother used to have a muffin tin similar to yours. We used to love any goodie she made in it! Brought back memories, now I will have to find one and make your Tea Biscuits.
We do sell it in our web store if this helps — because I love it, we have to carry it!
Yay- I love a kitty video! Love the hearts on the windows too- great idea! Xx
Thanks for sharing your snowy Saturday morning with us and the recipe for those yummy tea biscuits. Definitely want to make them and hope that I’m the lucky winner of the heart pan! hehehe. Made your Hot Milk Cake and it was a hit at my house. Keep cozy 🙂
So good to hear!
Thanks for the recipe Susan, and what super Valentine’s gifts. Someone’s going to be a lucky girl!
I am a cook, and plan to make these to go with soup next week. It’s freezing here in Michigan, and what would be more literally heart-warming than hot Tomato Basil soup and a sweet little biscuit (or two?)
Ooh Ann, you have me drooling big time after reading your comment! Sounds so tasty indeed!! 🙂
Loved your Valentine post. And of course it would be great to win your heart-shaped muffin pan and tin! I think I’ll make the biscuits for my hubby and have them ready for him Tues. morning. You’re such an inspiration, thanks so much for sharing with us.
Love love orange with chocolate and heart shaped scones–what could be better?
To WIN the tea cup and heart pan!!…Hope I do!!
Jack from his perch reminds me of a cat we once had–he’s in kitty heaven now–named Mr. Dickens…and boy was he a dickens…full of tomboy, or should I say tomcat? energy –non-stop.
And girl kitty–so low key but full of regal princess charm…a dainty lady for sure.
Thanks for sharing your wonderful Saturday morning on the island AND your house adorned with valentines…it’s a gem.
Dearest Sue, I love your cozy in the kitchen post…I can just smell the bisques baking in the oven. On the to do list for tomorrow…snag a big orange! Just made the hot milk cake and vanilla sauce, and it was love at first bite! My goodness, husband and I are smitten with your recipes:) So, little grandson is here with us, and of course, saw me viewing your post…and how thrilled he was to watch Jack with Joe’s shoe and then an extra treat with both girl kitty and Jack. He has chuckled that little boy chuckle, watching it 15 times, and then pretending to be Jack then girl kitty…and more video watching. When he wanted to crawl under the coffee table, over the back of the couch and under the blanket..that was all fine…when he started to climb the piano, we had to break the news that he weighs just a little more than a kitty…no piano climbing for him;) Have a wonderful, snowy Valentine’s weekend with your sweetheart and sweet kitties..
Christie
Susan, I’ve been in love with your art since I bought my first Susan Branch calendar (the one with you starting to open the fridge- 2002 All Chocolate Calendar). I enjoy all you art but especially your blog, you seem like a real girlfriend.
Joyce from IN
Still have the phone with the stretched out phone cord, barely long enough, but just, to reach the fridge! 🙂
After reading all of the comments, it was nice to see that all of the girlfriends love hearts! I do too, which is why Valentine’s Day is my favorite holiday! Thank you Susan for your giveaways and the inspiration you give us all! I love reading your blog everyday!!! Happy Valentine’s Day to you and Joe! (And the kitties too!) 🙂
Thank you Susan, Jack and Girl Kitty are precious….I wish I was in your kitchen smelling the wonderful smell. Happy Saturday and Happy Valentine’s Day…..love is love’s reward. Thanks for giving all of your girlfriends love and sharing the simple good things in life. Love, Jennifer
Lovely! I have been trying to decide what I want to bake for Valentine’s Day…this is it!
Love the heart shaped pan and can’t wait to try the biscuits!
OMGosh I am a heart enthusiast!! I adore the heart shaped muffin pan! Everything you do is so homey and comforting it warms me inside and out every time I get your newest blog in my email!
Your tea biscuits are making my mouth water. Yum! (I don’t have all of the ingredients either. so sad. Maybe another day.)
You have a generous heart. Thanks for all you do.
Girl kitty is so cute, how is she coping with Jack..? I think that heart pan s too wonderful for you to give away! Love the recipe.
Hi Susan,
Oh for HEAVEN SAKES, I always hope I will be the only one to see your post and then I win the prize.
The little tea treats sure look good, I will write that down. O f course I will need to win the heart pan before I can make them. But thats ok, probably round is nice too.
Thank you Susan
Nancy Jo
Susan, you are such a sweetheart! Reading your blog is like wrapping up in a comfy, well-loved blankie, making me feel all warm inside. Thank you for all the time and energy you spend here making our lives a little lovelier! You’re like a big sister to all of us.
Oh, please let it be me … I love everything about this! Chocolate and orange are the perfect match for Valentines!
Thank you for sharing this great recipe. Looking forward to trying it. I wish we were having some snow squalls — so far, just blustery winds. Valentine’s Day needs white snow to accentuate the red hearts. Maybe by Tuesday . . .
I must have this muffin pan. Because I LOVE orange and chocolate together and I must have these the way Susan makes them. Yummy!
I enjoyed every bit of your blog today. Thank you for taking the time.
Your blog made my day!!! Why is it when a furnace has all week to act up, it picks 3 am on a Saturday to act up!! Anyway, your sweet cats are adorable, such purrsonality. Love the title of “Jack the Refrigerator King”.
Happy Valentine’s Day!!!
I have asked that very question so many times!!
Oh my goodness! What a wonderful recipe…I LOVE orange and chocolate too!!! Was just about to ask where you got your muffin tin but I’ll wait and see if just, per chance, I will get yours!! 😉 Anyway, thanks for the recipe. Your “beauty and the beast” cracked me up!!!!! Those kitties of yours are hilarious. I’m glad to see that you let them roam the house (stove, frig etc.).
that’s the way it was when we had kitties…..some people freak out!!!!
Happy Valentines Day to you and Joe! xoxo Miriam
I know they do, but has anyone ever tried to keep a kitty out of someplace? It’s not possible. If they want to sit on the fridge, they are going to sit on the fridge!!
Susan! Just when, I thin, it can’t get any better .. ta daaa .. I am blown away ! This has to be one of my all time favorite, postings… yes even including the “Willards.” I am making the chocolate orange biscuits, A S A P.
Your blog has only gotten better, since Jackie has joined it.
Pick me, pick me.. for the heart tin.. P L E A S E .. my BirthDay is Tuesday, yes, Valentine’s Day : ) I would use the heart baking cast iron, till the end of time.
Valentines~ to You , Joe, Jackie, and Girl Kitty …..
Happy Birthday Carla!!!
Thank you~ Susan : )
It never ever fails…..I came here because I needed a pick-me-up. I fell in L.O.V.E. with the pan as you were showing us how to make the Tea Biscuts. To find out that one of us gets to make yummy hearts of love for our loved ones made my stomach flip with butterflies of excitement! By the way I think everything possible thing we eat should be made out of hearts all year round, that’s what I plan to do with it. I absolutely adore Valentine’s Day…everything about it, from all the red and pink, chocolate, chick flicks, to spreading love to everyone. Being single AND having teenagers does make Valentine’s Day a bit challenging at times, but I keep busy spreading loving Valentines’ and making yummy treats to share with loved ones. Creating things always keeps me happy (trust me it doesn’t take much). Wishing you the warmest Valentine’s Day filled to overflowing with LOVE and happiness! XOXOXOXOXOXOXOX <3 <3
I can smell those orange chocolate chip tea biscuits baking … the wind is blowing in Las Vegas today and it is a perfect baking day. Spent most of the day making Valentines … lol What great fun and guess I got carried away as I have enough for lots of Girlfriends … lol The music, photographs, and the hearts on the windows are perfect! My tea is steeping and ready to put my feet up for a bit. Thanks Sue for the recipe and inspiration. Happy Valentines to you, Joe and the kitties. Jackie in Las Vegas
Same to you Jackie!
PS .. I meant “think” .. (I gotta get a new keyboard, this one has a little problem)
Oh, I will make these little heart-shaped biscuits! Love Beauty & the little sweet
Beast too. Send some of that snow down south, please! thanks!
How wonderful to be greeted in your blog with a beautiful drawing of our state bird(birds if you count his Mrs), your gorgeous festive home, and then orange chocolate tea biscuits! Yum. Can’t wait to try them. And what a wonderful muffin pan and tin. Thank you for sharing your joy and love. By the way, isn’t cooking with cats the best? We have three who are ever watching for the dropped crumb!
They are wonderful company!
Love the hearts! Can’t wait to make these biscuits!! Thanks, Susan for all you do!!!
I want to smell those biscuits right now. We need “smell a vision” or whatever!! Your kitties seem so laid back and happy. Do you think your background music helps? You always seem to have some really relaxing music playing. Love the blog. Thanks. Kathy
They save the flying through mid air and the climbing the wall portion of their day for when the camera is off!
Hi! Your blog brings a smile every time I visit. I can t wait to try the biscuits–but I *need* that wonderful muffin pan.
PS your kitties are adorable!
love
lizzy at gone to the beach
Hello again!!! I love your biscuits, someday I will get to make them,,just home from hip surgery, so was so glad to see your blog!!! My daughter-in-law was here helping me a couple of days ago and I was showing her all of your blogs that I had copied,,one of them was the one with your hot milk cake and we thought it sounded so good. she copied the recipe, and then today she showed up with the cake and the sauce for me,,,she did surprise me!! Haven’t had a bite yet but will shortly,,,am excited!!! Also showed her and a friend, who also has been helping me, your picture wall in your bathroom,,,we all love it and will work on that someday! Lots to do,,,thank you so much for sharing all of your stories, etc, I love them!
What a doll. Such a kind thing for her to do! Hope your back to your better-than-ever self really soon!
Your blog is absolutely the best blog ever! I like it even better than Pioneer Woman and that says an awful lot. It’s just so relaxing with the musica, the kitties, the videos, the collected pieces, the trips and the beautiful artwork. So glad you decided to start this blog……thank you for a wonderful start to my day!
Wow, now that is a big compliment! Thank you Bonnie! ♥
Awesome picture of Girl Kitty! Love her sweet face. And the step by step pictures, love that, feels like I was right there with you while you baked those adorable biscuits! Thanks for the inspiration today! Time for some tea! Heart Hugs!!
hi susan,
cast iron pan is my favorite cooking utensil and I have been eyeing the heart cast iron pan in your shop for some time now… thanks for the pictures, I can’t get enough.
I am SO glad I discovered your blog … it is such a treat every time I read a new post by you!!! OMG these tea muffins look so good I can “almost” smell them just by looking at the picture. I would certainly LOVE to win the heart shaped pan and the tin. Yes indeedy, I could make good use of them both. (I’d probably made a batch every week)! Thank you for being my new FAVORITE blogger! You are such a delight! (I can’t “comment” without exclamation points, sorry – lol)
And I have a very difficult time answering without them!!! It would be a good name for a blog “The Exclamation Point!!!!” 🙂
It’s cold everywhere I think. Even here in West Texas we may get ” wintery mix” tomorrow! But if you don’t like the weather here, just wait a day or two! I checked your site this morning for a post and didn’t see anything and then went off to paint a bedroom. I just emerged and low and behold a post with 442 comments already!
Darn, I have everything but the orange. If we make it to town tomorrow an orange is at the top of my list. Thanks Susan for the wonderful post. Give Jack and Girl Kitty a kiss on the top of their sweet heads for me.
I will do it gladly!
Oh these look so delicious! I was just thinking about makings scones and tada! You post this wonderful recipe. Thank you!
Put me in the “name tosser” – like everyone else, I would LOVE to win!
I hope it is my turn to win your Valentine’s goodies!!!! I would be a celebrity in my neighborhood 🙂
Love this recipe! Your artwork always makes Valentine’s Day more fun! Thank you!
I love your site. Susan. I especially love the kitties! I will try these biscuits for Valentines Day!
No snow in north central Texas today, but it is cold. I have a big pot of beef stew going right now for dinner.
Think I’ll add your tea biscuits to Sunday’s dinner for the grandkids….. and me! I would love winning the heart shaped pan. It would remind me of you every time I saw it. You do put your heart into everything, don’t you?
XOXO Yes!
Ok…who wouldn’t absolutely love a heart shaped scone pan???!!! So, let me save you the time and anyx….just package them up and send them to ME! lol….sort of….xo peg
LOL sort of? xoxo Peg!
thanks for sharing your recipe for the heart shaped tea biscuits – i think i will make them for my birthday breakfast on valentine’s day.
I LOVE Valentine’s Day. How can you resist a big fat red heart, or a pink one, or one made by a six year old that says you are the most beautiful woman in the world? (I still have that one. That child will never know that it came at the best time in my life, when I really needed someone to say that)! Out of the mouths of babes! Anyway, I would love to win the heart pan!
xxx/ooo Barbara
I am going to make these yummy-looking biscuits for my love, when he comes home from being deployed in a few weeks! It will be after Valentine’s Day, but we’re celebrating a lot of holidays later this year. It’s a rainy day here, today. The song by Sir Paul, just melted my heart, as I watched our little Valentine play and dance in the rain with her tutu and rain boots on. A few tears shed for anticipation of him getting to hug this little Valentine sweetheart. 🙂
I can’t wait! How exciting, he is coming home. xoxo
I’m making them today! Heart biscuit pan… or not! Would love to try this pan. I may not win… but I can dream BIG! Thanks for the drawing!!!