| Level: | Easy |
| Total: | 57 min |
| Prep: | 15 min |
| Inactive: | 30 min |
| Cook: | 12 min |
| Yield: | 2 dozen |
| Level: | Easy |
| Total: | 57 min |
| Prep: | 15 min |
| Inactive: | 30 min |
| Cook: | 12 min |
| Yield: | 2 dozen |
Ingredients
- 2 cups all-purpose flour
- 2 tablespoons loose Earl Grey tea leaves
- 1/2 teaspoon salt
- 3/4 cup confectioners’ sugar
- 1 teaspoon pure vanilla extract
- 1 cup (2 sticks) butter, room temperature
Instructions
- In a food processor, pulse together the flour, tea, and salt, until the tea is just spotted throughout the flour. Add the confectioners’ sugar, vanilla, and butter. Pulse together just until a dough is formed. Place dough on a sheet of plastic wrap, and roll into a log, about 2 1/2-inches in diameter. Tightly twist each end of wrap, and chill in refrigerator for 30 minutes.
- Preheat oven to 375 degrees F.
- Slice the log into 1/3-inch thick disks. Place on parchment or silpat lined baking sheets, 2 inches apart (2 probably needed depending on size of sheets). Bake until the edges are just brown, about 12 minutes. Let cool on sheets for 5 minutes, then transfer to wire racks and cool to room temperature.
Nutrition Facts
| Serving Size | 1 of 24 servings |
| Calories | 121 |
| Total Fat | 8 g |
| Saturated Fat | 5 g |
| Carbohydrates | 12 g |
| Dietary Fiber | 0 g |
| Sugar | 4 g |
| Protein | 1 g |
| Cholesterol | 20 mg |
| Sodium | 50 mg |
| Serving Size | 1 of 24 servings |
| Calories | 121 |
| Total Fat | 8 g |
| Saturated Fat | 5 g |
| Carbohydrates | 12 g |
| Dietary Fiber | 0 g |
| Sugar | 4 g |
| Protein | 1 g |
| Cholesterol | 20 mg |
| Sodium | 50 mg |
Reviews
These cookies are perfect. I reduced the sugar to half a cup and they have a slightly sweet flavor with is perfect with coffee or tea. The first time I made them I used tea from a tea bag. This time loose tea from a tea shop. You can definitely taste the difference. It’s a wonderful, subtle flavor. My husband is a cookie snob and has requested them again and again.
I had some raspberry loose leaf tea that I really needed to use. I ground up the tea leaves, super fine, and used in place of the earl grey. I also used a touch less amount of the powdered sugar (my own personal practice with recipes that use sugar.) Well, they came out amazing, and am gifting a batch to my friends tomorrow. Thank you for this wonderful recipe!!!!
These shortbreads are delicious. Have made them several times. I plan to add Lavender flowers to the Earl Grey tea for upcoming book club meeting.
Easy and delicious I doubled the vanilla and added lemon zest. These cookies were so fragrant and buttery. I highly recommend giving this recipe a try.
Just did with Jasmine tea….. will let you know
I don’t have a food processor….. so I used my hands! have made these cookies soooooo many times!! I made for Easter, I made them for fun. I used different flavors every time. I love vanilla caramel (I used vanilla caramel tea.) I made chai and pecan and plain there all good! Everyone complements me on my cookies! It’s awesome! Thank you so much for this recipe! I don’t think it could ever go wrong.
Very nice, simple shortbread. I made it exactly as written, using loose Earl Grey tea and the food processor. The tea added a little crunchy extra to the baked cookie. I am anxious to try some of the variations people have suggested. One thing I have not seen in any of the comments is to rotate the baking trays halfway through. I used two cookie sheets set in the upper third of the oven, swapping and turning the trays halfway through the baking. This prevents over-browning. Leaving them to cool on the sheets for five minutes allows them to finish baking using residual heat.
Absolutely delicious! I used an English herbal tea as we were out of Earl Grey. Can’t stop eating them! Took slightly less than 12 minutes in my oven.
Super simple, delicious recipe. Even better than walkers shortbread which was my favorite.
What a simply lovely recipe. Easy. Elegant. Delicate. I used Victorian Earl Grey with Lavender and Rose. The flavor is subtle…just right.