Delightfully refreshing and effortlessly elegant, cucumber cream cheese sandwiches are a timeless treat. They offer a delightful blend of creamy richness from the cream cheese mixture. And a delightful crispy freshness from the thinly sliced English cucumbers.
Cucumber tea sandwiches can be served as an appetizer at a garden tea party or simply enjoyed as a light lunch. Their simplicity and satisfying flavors make them a favorite by all cucumber lovers.
Why You Will Love These Creamy Tea Sandwiches
You will love this cucumber cream cheese sandwich recipe for the delightful flavors that appeal to any palate. Each bite combines the creamy smoothness of the cream cheese mixture with the crispness of fresh cucumber. Offering a satisfying contrast of flavors and textures.
Beyond their taste, these delightful cucumber tea sandwiches are easy to make and only require a few simple ingredients. They can be customized to your liking by adding different fresh herbs or drizzling honey on top of the cucumber slices.
The lightness and freshness make them a perfect choice for warmer days, to enjoy with afternoon tea, served at a baby shower, or for a simple lunch or snack.
Ingredients Needed
Here is the list of ingredients needed to make these cream cheese cucumber sandwiches.
- Cream Cheese offers that rich creamy texture with a bit of tangy flavor that complements the cucumbers. Greek yogurt or ricotta cheese would work in replacement of the cream cheese. You could also use chive cream cheese in replacement of the cream cheese and fresh chives.
- Mayonnaise brings a smooth creamy texture that combines with the cream cheese. Mayo can be replaced with sour cream or again Greek yogurt. You could also use our homemade avocado oil mayo.
- Fresh Dill adds a slightly tangy note of herbal freshness to these easy cucumber sandwiches. You can replace the fresh dill with any other dried or fresh herbs
- Fresh Chives brings a mild onion flavor to the sandwiches. Not an onion fan you can leave this fresh herb out. Onion powder will also give you that onion flavor or even use white or red onion in replacement of the chives.
- Garlic Powder adds a savory slightly pungent flavor which enhances the overall taste of these dainty little sandwiches.
- Black Pepper adds a bit of heat to the cream cheese cucumber sandwiches which will enhance the overall flavor. You can skip the pepper if you like.
- Salt also acts as a flavor enhancer, I like to use pink Himalayan salt but regular table salt will work. You could also replace the salt with celery salt or even replace both the salt and garlic powder by using garlic salt.
- English cucumber adds that layer of crunch that you expect from a cucumber. Along with a mild flavor, they also provide a bit of moisture, which balances with the cream cheese. Regular cucumbers will work, you could also try radishes for a peppery crunch flavor.
- Bread is the foundation of these sandwiches, the choice is yours as to what you prefer to use. I used whole grain bread, pumpernickel bread, rye bread, or even use lettuce leaves. Our bread machine French Bread would also be a great foundation for these tea sandwiches.
How To Make
To make these easy cucumber cream cheese sandwiches we will start by making the cream cheese filling. Into a small bowl add in the room temperature cream cheese and mayonnaise. Blend with a hand mixer until combined and smooth. Mix in the fresh dill, fresh chives, garlic powder, black pepper, and salt.
Remove the crust from the bread then spread the cream cheese mixture onto the slices of bread. Thinly slice the English cucumber and dab the excess moisture from the cucumber slices using paper towels. Add the thin slices of the fresh cucumbers on top of the flavored cream cheese
Add the top slice of bread to each sandwich and cut each sandwich into thirds or desired size and shape.
These amazing creamy sandwiches are the perfect finger foods to serve at baby showers, bridal showers, Mother's Day brunch, they make the perfect appetizer, or enjoy them at tea time.
Answering Questions
Common questions with answers about this delightful cucumber sandwich recipe.
Patting the sliced cucumber with paper towels before adding them to the bread helps with this.
Yes, they can be assembled a few hours in advance. I recommend storing them in an airtight container or wrapping them tightly with plastic wrap.
Yes, by using gluten-free bread or lettuce wraps as an alternative to the regular bread slices.
These pair nicely with iced tea, sparkling water, lemonade, champagne, a nice wine, and of course hot tea.
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Cucumber Cream Cheese Sandwiches
These cucumber cream cheese sandwiches are a simple and easy recipe perfect fro lunch or as an appetizer.
Ingredients
- 4 Ounces Cream Cheese at room temperature
- 2 Tablespoons Mayonnaise
- 1 Teaspoon Fresh Dill
- 1 Teaspoon Fresh Chives chopped
- ⅛ Teaspoon Garlic Powder
- ⅛ Teaspoon Black pepper or to taste
- ⅛ Teaspoon Salt or to taste
- ½ Large English Cucumber thinly sliced, dab with paper towel to remove any excess moisture.
- 8 slices Bread remove crust (I used whole grain bread)
Instructions
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In a small bowl mix together the room temperature cream cheese and mayonnaise until smooth. A handheld mixer makes this easy work. Mix in the garlic powder, salt, black pepper, fresh dill, and fresh chives.
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Spread the cream cheese mixture onto one side of each slice of the crustless bread.
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Layer the sliced cucumbers onto the cream cheese mixture.
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Place the top bread slices and cut the sandwiches into desired size.
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Cut into thirds or into your desired size and shape.
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Serve and enjoy or store in an airtight container in the refrigerator for up to 24 hours before serving.
Recipe Notes
If you feel there is too much filling on the sandwiches you can always use more bread and slice more cucumbers. To make more cream cheese cucumber sandwiches to serve.
Sopia
So simple yet very good.