Earl Grey Tea Cookie Recipe

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Ingredients
a. 256g all purpose flour
b. 4 tablespoons finely grounded Earl Grey tea leaves (approx 8 teabags)
c. 1/2 teaspoon salt
d. 227g unsalted butter
e. 100 g confectioner sugar
f. 1 tablespoon finely grated orange zest

Steps

1. Combine tea leaves, salt and flour in a bowl and mix well

2. In another large mixing bowl, cream butter and sugar till white and fluffy. (About 3 minutes using medium beating speed)

3. Add flour mixture into the creamed mixture till well blend (using low speed) or till it formed a dough. (Mine didn't formed a perfect dough, it was towards a sticky mixture)

4. Scoop mixture cling wrap or baking paper. (Despite not forming the dough, I proceed with this step. Highly recommended to use baking paper instead as small chunk of the mixture might get stuck on the cling wrap if not properly laid)

5. Roll into a log (approx 2 1/2 inch in diameter) and twist the end of wrap.

6. Refrigerate for 30 minutes.

7. Preheat oven to 180°C

8. Remove dough from cling wrap and cut into 0.4cm thick circle pieces.

9. Place on baking tray approx. 2 inch apart and bake for 12 minutes or edges are just brown.

10. Cool for 5 minutes and transfer to wire rack and cool to room temperature.

My Earl Grey Cookies

Side Notes
-> Follow step 10 as cookie will break/crumble easily if remove immediately from baking tray.
-> Tea leaves should be finely grounded or it might have a bitter after-taste.
-> If the cookies spread out/flatten during baking, lightly flour the baking tray and/or chill the cut dough before baking.