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Directions
Earl Grey Tea Cookies,Allow an extra 30 minutes to chill the dough. From Real Simple (May 2005),Overall I thought the texture and taste was not bad, like a thin wafery cookie (not like shortbread, although it appeared similar while working with the dough) except that you could barely taste the tea at all (used green tea), even though I added more than 2 tbsp (in volume, before grinding). But perhaps I shouldn’t rate this recipe since I followed it a bit loosey-goosey.,First of all, used green tea instead of earl grey. Secondly, I only had fine cane sugar, which is like normal granulated but slightly finer (no confectioners’) so used 1 cup of that instead of the 1/2 cup normal plus 1/2 cup confectioners’. I also had to add in 1-2 tbsp of oil as I didn’t have quite a full cup of stick butter. The tea flavor was rather weak and almost like an aftertaste, but used green tea and perhaps it’s a stronger flavor with black tea. I didn’t have a food processor, so I ground the tea leaves with a mortar and pestle (wasn’t hard to do) and sifted together the dry ingredients, and then used forks to crumb in the cubed butter and wet ingredients, since that seemed to be the only way to incorporate it without using my hands. After it was a crumbly sand-like mixture I formed it together into a dough with my hands, which is a technique that belongs to making some other kind of dough, not sure, but it seemed to work okay here, although I’m sure a food processor would blend things more smoothly. Didn’t have any trouble shaping the plastic-wrapped dough into logs and slicing out cookies – I think total there would be 48, since I portioned out half the dough and made 24 (two sheets of twelve). I had to bake my cookies for 15 minutes rather than 12 before they reached golden brown on the edges. Overall, I’d say probably avoid using green tea unless you have matcha powder. Or if you must, use a lot more green tea leaves than you think you need. Perhaps try spicing it up by adding rose petals so they could be like green tea and rose cookies?
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Steps
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Preheat Oven to 375f |
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Pulse Together All the Dry Ingredients in a Food Processor Until the Tea Leaves Are Pulverized. |
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Add Vanilla, Water, and Butter; Pulse Together Until a Dough Is Formed. |
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Divide the Dough in Half, Placing Each Half on a Sheet of Plastic Wrap. |
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Roll Each Half Into a 12-Inch Log. |
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Wrap and Chill For 30 Minutes. |
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Slice Each Log Into 1/3 Inch Thick Pieces. |
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Place on Baking Sheets Lined With Parchment Paper or Foil, 2 Inches Apart. |
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Bake Until the Edges Are Just Brown, About 12 Minutes. |
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Let Cool on Sheets For 5 Minutes, Then Transfer to Wire Racks. |
