These Earl Grey Cookies are delicately infused with the floral essence of Earl Grey tea with a touch of citrus. Perfect for tea parties or simple cozy afternoons!
Hey Bookie Club! Start your ovens! This isn’t a regular book club, you know. Every month to celebrate finishing another new read, I whip up a cookie recipe to match the theme of the book. This month’s book was The Mystery Guest by Nita Prose.
A ‘Mystery Guest’ Themed Recipe
If you have read the book, than this cookie recipe should come as no surprise. Spoonfuls of tea references are sprinkled throughout this book. The plot, after all, is centred around the mysterious death of a famous writer, who’s teas was poisoned, and drops dead on the hotel’s tea room floor. I would like to note, that this recipe will not contain any car antifreeze – I am sure of that!!!!
How to Infuse Tea into Cookies
The main character of this recipe is incorporating the Earl Grey tea flavour. Something I love about my recipe is I actually infused the tea into my butter, to use for the sugar cookie. Instead of adding the leaves right into the dough, the tea is steeped in melted butter for maximum flavour that is infused throughout the whole cookie.
How To Make Earl Grey Cookies
Step 1: Read The Mystery Guest by Nita Prose
Step 2: Gather your ingredients. I love that this recipe doesn’t have any crazy ingredients, you may already have it all on-hand!
- Sugar
- Unsalted butter
- Earl Grey tea
- Brown sugar
- Salt
- Orange zest
- Vanilla extract
- All-purpose flour
- Baking powder
- Baking soda
Step 3: Follow the recipe below, and enjoy your PERFECT Earl Grey Cookies.
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More Bookie Cookie Recipes
I have an ever-growing library of cookie recipes and book club picks. Here are a couple favourites from months past!
Hello Beautiful Cookies
Honey Oatmeal Cookies
Earl Grey Cookies
Earl Grey Cookies
These cookies are delicately infused with the floral flavours of Earl Grey tea with a touch of citrus. If you don't have loose-leaf tea simply use two tea bags.
Ingredients
Earl Grey Cookies
- 1 cup unsalted butter
- 1 tablespoon loose Earl Grey tea leaves
- ½ cup granulated sugar
- ½ cup brown sugar, lightly packed
- 1 teaspoon finely grated orange zest plus extra for garnish
- 2 eggs
- 2 teaspoons vanilla extract
- 2 ½ cups all-purpose flour
- ½ teaspoon baking powder
- ½ teaspoon baking soda
- ½ teaspoon salt
Glaze
- ½ cup icing sugar
- 1 tablespoon milk
Instructions
Make the Earl Grey Cookies
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Heat oven to 350 F and line two sheet pans with parchment paper.
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Combine the butter and Earl grey tea leaves in a small saucepan set over low heat: cook until it is melted and comes to a simmer. Remove from the heat, strain the tea leaves from the butter with a small sieve and set aside.
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In a large bowl, add the melted butter, sugar, brown sugar, and orange zest. Use an electric mixer on medium speed or a whisk to combine. Add the eggs, one at a time, along with the vanilla, and mix until combined and smooth, about 30 seconds.
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Add the flour, baking powder, baking soda and salt to the bowl, and mix on low speed or with a rubber spatula until combined.
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Roll about 2 tablespoons of dough in a ball, place on the baking sheets 2 inches apart, and gently press with the palm of your hand to slightly flatten.
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Bake the cookies until they are a light golden brown around the edges, around 12 minutes. Transfer the cookies to a cooling rack and drizzle with icing, if desired. Store extra cookies in an airtight container at room temperature for up to 3 days, or up to 1 month in the freezer.
Make the Glaze
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Whisk together the icing sugar and milk until smooth. Drizzle over the cooled cookies and grate a bit of orange zest on top if desired.
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