Earl Grey Tea Cookies

Merry Christmas!!!

During Christmas season, I always bake some cookies... for ... not Santa, but me! Today, I baked cookies with earl grey tea. Maybe it is more for grown-ups then kids? The citrusy floral earl grey tea goes well with any dessert. Then, why don't you just add the tea into a sweet dessert?

I used a tea bag within the tea leaves large enough to give a slightly crunchy texture to the cookies. Please enjoy these fragrant cookies during the holidays.

Earl Grey Tea Cookies
(Yield: 24 cookies / Cooking time: one hour)

Ingredients:
+ 2 cups all-purpose flour
+ 1-1.5 Tbsp loose Earl Grey tea leaves (one tea bag)
+ 3/4 cup powdered sugar
+ 1/2 tsp salt
+ 1 tsp pure vanilla extract
+ 1 cup (2 sticks) butter, slightly chilled



Procedures:
1. First, mix all-purpose flour, Earl Grey tea, powdered sugar, and salt and whisk lightly. Then, add cubed butter. With your hands, mix all the ingredients while smashing the butter into small bits. You don't need to mix all the ingredients 100% - it is good to go as long as you don't see any big chunk of butter.


2. When the cookie dough comes together, wrap your working space with plastic wrap and pour the cookie dough. Form a log about 8" long. Roll the log while wrapping the dough with the plastic wrap, like a sausage.


3. Place the wrapped dough in a fridge for at least 30 minutes until the dough firms up. While the dough is in a fridge, preheat your oven at 335°F (190°C).

4. Unwrap the dough and slice the dough long into 1/3" thick disks, and place the disks in parchment or silpat lined baking sheet about 1.5" apart from each other.


5. Bake the cookies in preheated oven for 12-15 minutes. When the cookies are just out of oven, they are extremely soft and fragile. Let them cool slightly on the baking sheet, and transfer them over cooling rack, and cool completely.



Enjoy~