Earl Grey Cookies
Chewy, crackly vanilla bean sugar cookies scented with Earl Grey tea leaves.
Yields: 2-3 dozen cookies
Ingredients
- 2 1/2 cups flour
- 1/4 teaspoon salt
- 3/4 teaspoon baking soda
- 1 teaspoon baking powder
- 1 cup salted butter, softened
- 1 1/4 cups sugar
- 3 egg yolks
- 1 vanilla bean, scraped
- 2 earl grey tea bags (about 1 tablespoon of loose earl grey tea)
- 1/4 cup coarse sparkle sugar or turbinado sugar, for rolling
Instructions
Preheat oven to 350 degrees. Line a baking sheet with parchment paper.
In a medium mixing bowl, stir together the flour, salt, baking soda and baking powder. Set aside. In the bowl of a stand-mixer fitted with the paddle attachment, cream together the butter and sugar. Add the egg yolks, vanilla and the contents of the two earl grey tea bags, beating until smooth, scraping the sides of the bowl as needed. Incorporate the flour mixture, mixing until just combined, being careful not to over mix.
Using a medium cookie scoop, portion out the cookies, rolling the dough into balls with your palms, and then rolling the balls in coarse sugar. Place the cookies on the cookie sheet, allowing room for the cookies to spread out some. Bake the cookies for 11-13 minutes for soft and chewy cookies (longer for firmer, crunchier cookies).