You can use your favourite tea leaves, but I like to use Earl Grey. The tea leaves should be finely ground, so tea bags would be the easiest to use. I added the contents of 2 tea bags to my ‘Easiest Sweet Shortcrust Pastry’ that can be a fantastic cookie dough. Shortbread dough is also good. These cookies don’t have the strong fragrance any more, but my kitchen was filled with the lovely smell while baking. I enjoy these cookies with Earl Grey Tea. Ahhh… so good.


Makes

22 to 24 cookies

Ingredients

100g Butter *softened
1/4 cup Caster Sugar
1 Egg Yolk
2 Earl Grey Tea Bags
1 cup (250ml) Plain Flour

Method
  1. Mix softened Butter and Sugar until smooth. Add Egg Yolk and mix until creamy.
  2. Add Plain Flour and the contents of Tea Bags, mix as you cut the butter mixture into Flour. Use your hands to bring the mixture together into dough.
  3. Place the dough on a sheet of plastic warp, shape into a log, and wrap it. Refrigerate until firm. *Note: It might be easier to make 2 logs.
  4. When it is firm, preheat oven to 170ºC. Line a baking tray with baking paper. Remove and discard the plastic wrap on the dough, slice into 8mm thick rounds.
  5. Place on the prepared tray. Bake for 20 minutes and cool on a wire rack.