English Cucumber Tea Sandwiches for a Crowd

🧂 Ingredients

• 8 oz chive and onion cream cheese

  softened
• 2 Tbsp mayonnaise
• 1/2 tsp dried dill

  or 2 tsp fresh dill
• 1 Tbsp fresh chopped chives
• 1 pinch lemon zest
• 1 tsp fresh lemon juice
• 1/4 tsp garlic powder
• 1 pinch kosher salt
• 1 pinch fresh cracked pepper
• 1 English cucumber

  thinly sliced
• 18 slices white sandwich bread

  1 loaf

Instructions

• 1 In a large bowl, combine the ingredients for the cream cheese filling. A hand
  mixer or stand mixer with paddle attachment are the easiest options for mixing.
• 2 Working in batches, spread out 6 slices of bread on a clean surface. Spread ~1
  tablespoon cream cheese filling on each slice of bread.
• 3 On 3 slices bread, layer 3 slices of English cucumber on the left half and 3
  slices on the right half of bread. In other words, layer 6 slices cucumber on
  each of 3 slices of bread. See photos above to clarify.
• 4 Take the 3 slices of bread without cucumber and place, cream cheese side down,
  onto the cucumber layers to make the sandwich.
• 5 Slice off the crusts using a serrated bread knife. Slice each sandwich in half.
• 6 Store layered on large plates or platters wrapped with plastic wrap in the
  refrigerator until serving.

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