English Breakfast Tea Cookies

Cookies made with dried tea leaves!

Inspired by: http://www.michelle-s.com/blog/2012/04/earl-grey-tea-cookies/

Step 1: Ingredients

1 cup all-purpose flour
1 tablespoon finely ground English breakfast tea leaves (from about 2 bags)
1/2 teaspoon coarse salt
1/2 cup (1 stick) unsalted butter, softened
1/4 cup confectioners’ sugar
2/3-ish tablespoons finely grated orange zest

Comments

[dandylioness]

Thanks ectadie for this recipe. I love tea and never heard of it in cookies before.
I made a variation for those (like me) who want a softer cookie. I am not a fan of shortbread-like cookies so I added: 1 egg, 1tsp baking powder, increased the sugar (used regular white sugar) to 1/2 cup, increased the flour to 1 1/2 cups. Also I used 4 teabags. I dropped the dough by spoonfuls onto cookie sheet. The resulting cookie looks a bit more "rustic" than your lovely ones but it's soft, more biscuit-like.
Thanks for inspiring me to bake.

[ectadie]

thanks so much for the idea, i will be sure to try that!

[saucyjacky]

These were great! Made them yesterday, and they're gone today.

[ectadie]

Wow that's so awesome!! I'm really glad they turned out well :)

[jessyratfink]

I've been wanting to try these for a long time! They look excellent. :D

[ectadie]

Thanks! They're not too difficult to make, definitely give them a try :)