Tea-biscuits

2016. szeptember 09. - LaMimieux

It seems like lately I’m all about desserts. Oh well, life is short, so let’s not waste any opportunity to have some cookies.

I tumbled upon this recipe the other day while scrolling through Pinterest – and I was looking for something easy, cookie-like just like this. And it even has tea in it – how great is that? I mean, I like my tea cups bottomless, so this recipe is like winning the jackpot for me.

Now, about a third of the dough is pure butter so it’s not exactly figure-friendly, or too healthy, but please read the first paragraph again, and treat yourself a little. Just look at all this butter, isn’t it beautiful? Yes, I do have some issues.

My dough got a bit too thin, so my biscuits ended up slim too, thus they browned faster. On the other hand, they ended up being crispier, too, so if that’s what you’re after, make my mistake. Otherwise, leave it a bit thicker than I did.

When rolling the dough, don’t be shy with the flour. The mixture is practically butter, so it will get sticky. I picked a simple round and a heart shaped cookie cutter. But let me tell you, I almost ended up with a huge one in the shape of a Mumin, just so I would feel less embarrassed by the amount of cookies I had, I mean, I could say that I only had one – even though that one could house four others, but psst, let’s not tell anyone! Anyways, I know how to behave myself, so I used the smaller cutters.

What you’ll need:

226 grams butter (1 cup)
63 grams icing sugar (1/2 cup)
250 grams flour (2 cups)
½ teaspoon salt
1-2 bags of Earl Grey leaves – depends on how intense you want the tea flavor to be, I used 1 and a half.

How:

Mix butter and sugar. If you have a stand mixer, good for you. If you don’t, like me, let your butter get a bit softer, otherwise it will be a workout session. I fell super-strong by now.
Pour in flour, salt, and tea leaves (just cut the tea bags in half and shake the leaves out). Here comes another mixing session. At first it will stay in crumbles, but don’t worry, eventually it will come together.
Roll it out on a WELL floured surface, I mean it. Try not to roll it too thin. Then pick a cookie cutter (or more), and cut, cut, cut.
After you used up even the last little bit of though and made a sad little disc from it (that’s what I did, I wouldn’t let even the tiniest bit of this buttery goodness left out), put it on a parchment lined baking sheet, pop into the preheated oven and bake for about 20 minutes, but make sure to check it earlier, so it won’t get too brown (like mine).