These Earl Grey Shortbread Cookies are a soft and buttery dessert! Made with earl gray tea and a little lemon for an earthy, floral, and citrus biscuit. Make soft or crisp.
Add the butter chunks around the flour along with the lemon juice and pulse again until the dough starts to come together. Do not over process. It should still look crumbly. Press the dough together and it should stick. If it falls apart, add a little more water or lemon juice and quickly blend again.
1 cup unsalted butter, 1 Tablespoon lemon juice
Dump the dough onto a large piece of parchment or plastic wrap. Press the dough into a log shape, using the parchment to help. Wrap the dough up in the parchment, twist the ends, and chill for 30 minutes.
Once the dough has stiffened in its log shape, remove from the refrigerator, peel off the paper, and cut into ½ inch (or thinner) slices using a serated knife.
Place the cookies on a parchment or silicone mat lined baking sheet. (They do not spread too much, so they can be rather close together).
Bake until the cookies are just golden brown on the bottom where they touch the pan, approximately 20 minutes.
Remove the cookies from the sheet and let cool. Once cool, drizzle with or dunk into the lemon glaze.
1 cup lemon glaze
Notes
You can also make this by hand by pinching the butter into the flour mixture, or using a pastry cutter or fork. If it gets too warm from your hands, chill for a few minutes before continuing.The powdered sugar makes a soft cookie. To make a crisp shortbread, use the same amount of granulated sugar instead.For a stronger tea flavor, increase quantity of leaves to 2 Tablespoons. Using 1.5 Tablespoons brings a subtle earthy, floral flavor but not too strong.