Earl Grey Tea Cookies

Total Time: 35 mins Preparation Time: 20 mins Cook Time: 15 mins

Ingredients

• 1/2-2/3 cup sugar ( or brown)
• 2 cups whole wheat flour
• 3/4 cup butter or 3/4 cup margarine, at room temperature
• 3 pinches salt
• 1 egg
• 1/2 an orange, zest of (1 1/2-2 tsp.)
• 1 1/2 tablespoons tazo earl grey tea leaves (about 4 bags)

Recipe

• 1 first, mix up the flour, tea leaves, salt, and sugar.
• 2 using an electric mixer, add in the butter or margarine, and then add the egg and orange zest. the mixture should be moist but clumpy.
• 3 now, you can either make hand-formed cookies here, or follow the next 2 steps.
• 4 lightly flour a clean surface, and pat the dough into a circle 1/4" thick.
• 5 using cookie-cutters, cups or whatever, carefully cut out the cookies and place them on a greased or covered cookie sheet.
• 6 bake for 13-15 minutes until edges are lightly browned at 350ºf.
• 7 let cool and enjoy!