Apple Chicken Tea Sandwiches

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The combination of chicken salad and a thin apple slice makes a great tea sandwich or a even just a regular sandwich! Pepperidge Farm bread is a good choice because the slices are thin and sturdy, and they have enough width to cut out two shapes from one slice.

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Prep Time25

Course: Appetizer, Brunch, Lunch

Cuisine: American

Servings: 8

Calories: 229

Equipment

1 4-inch Heart-Shaped Cookie Cutter
1 Small Heart-Shaped Pastry Cutter

Ingredients

2 chicken breasts boiled and cooled
1 celery stalk with leaves
3 tablespoons mayonnaise
½ onion
1 apple sliced thinly
8 slices bread thin, sturdy bread like Pepperidge Farm
3 tablespoons butter for spreading

Instructions

In a food processor, chop chicken breasts, celery with the celery leaves, and onion so that it is all finely minced together.
Add the mayonnaise and mix well. Set aside.
Cut the crusts off the bread slices.
With a heart-shaped cookie cutter, cut heart shapes from each slice of bread.
Lightly spread butter onto each bread shape.
Add a thin layer of sandwich filling onto one of the halves of bread.
Put one apple slice on top of the sandwich filling.
Place the other half of the buttered slice on top of the apple. The buttered bread helps the apple slice to stay in place.
Serve immediately or make them a day ahead using this technique:
Place the sandwiches into a container.
Lightly sprinkle water onto paper towels using just a few drops.
Put the slightly damp paper towels right over the sandwiches.
Then put a layer of wax paper over the paper towels.
Cover the container and keep refrigerated until ready to serve.

EXTRA TIP:

VARIATIONS: Cut the bread slices into any shape you wish! Use any shaped cookie cutters you want or slice the bread into rectangles, triangles, or squares.

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