Peach Blossom Green Tea Cookies

Ingredients:

• 5 tsp peach blossom green tea (or another fragrant tea, jasmine or Earl Grey for example)
• 3/4 cup boiling water
• 2/3 cup sugar
• 5 Tablespoons, plus one tsp butter
• 1 large egg
• 1/4 tsp pure vanilla extract
• 1/4 tsp kosher salt
• 3/4 cup unbleached all-purpose flour

Directions:

• Steep 1 1/4 tsp of the tea in the boiling water for 5 minutes. Strain and dispose of leaves.
• Place the tea in the refrigerator to cool.
• In a blender combine the sugar and the remaining tea and blend into a fine powder.
• In a medium bowl beat together the butter, and tea sugar at high speed until pale yellow and fluffy.
• Beat in the egg, 3 TB of the brewed tea, the vanilla extract, salt and flour.
• Cover with plastic wrap and let rest for 30 minutes to let the tea flavor develop.
• Preheat the oven to 350 degrees.
• Lightly grease two nonstick cookie sheets with butter.
• Drop scant teaspoonfuls of the batter onto one of the sheets, spacing them 2 inches apart. Using the back of a spoon or your fingers, spread the cookies out to make 2 inche\ circles.
• Bake for 9 or 10 minutes, or until the edges are just beginning to brown.
• Let the cookies cool on the pan for 1 minute and then using a thin metal spatula, carefully transfer the cookies to a wire rack to cool.

This recipe is based off a recipe for Earl Grea Tea Wafers in one of my favorite cookbooks A New Way to Cook by Sally Schneider.