Hey everyone, I’ve been messing around in the kitchen again, and this time it’s with something a bit different – black tea cookies. Yeah, you heard that right. I’ve always been a huge fan of black tea, so I thought, why not try to make it into a cookie? Let me tell you, it wasn’t as straightforward as I thought, but definitely a fun ride.

First off, I realized I needed to get my hands on some black tea powder. I mean, you can’t really use regular tea leaves and expect it to mix well into the dough. I didn’t want to buy it, so I decided to make my own powder. Took some regular black tea leaves, the kind I usually drink in the morning. I ground them up using my old coffee grinder, it was messy, but it did the job. The leaves turned into this fine, dark powder, smelled amazing, by the way.

Next step, the actual cookie part. Here is what i used:

• 2 cups all-purpose flour
• 1 teaspoon baking soda
• 1/2 teaspoon baking powder
• 1/2 teaspoon salt
• 1 cup unsalted butter, softened
• 1 1/2 cups granulated sugar
• 1 large egg
• 1 teaspoon vanilla extract
• 2 tablespoons black tea powder

I started with the usual suspects for cookies – flour, butter, sugar, eggs, and all that jazz. Oh, I used this recipe I found online as a base, but I tweaked it a bit, of course. I mixed the dry ingredients in one bowl and the wet ones in another, like you’re supposed to. Then, I added the black tea powder to the dry mix. I was a bit worried it wouldn’t be enough, but I didn’t want to overdo it on the first try.

Combining everything was pretty standard, nothing out of the ordinary there. The dough looked a bit darker than usual, thanks to the tea powder, and it had this subtle tea aroma that was quite nice. I scooped out the dough onto baking sheets, making sure to leave enough space between each cookie – learned that the hard way from past baking fails. And into the oven they went.

Baking Time

They baked for about 10-12 minutes. The edges got this nice golden-brown color, but the centers were still soft. I took them out and let them cool on the baking sheets for a few minutes before moving them to a wire rack. Had to resist the urge to try one right away, they were burning hot.

Finally, the taste test. I was actually surprised by how well they turned out. The cookies had a delicate black tea flavor, not too strong, but definitely there. It was this interesting mix of the familiar buttery cookie taste with a hint of that earthy, slightly bitter black tea flavor. Pretty good, if I do say so myself.

So, that was my adventure making black tea cookies. It was a bit of an experiment, and I’m pretty happy with the results. I might play around with the recipe more in the future, maybe add some other flavors or try different types of tea. But for a first attempt, I think I did alright. If you’re a tea lover like me, you might want to give this a shot. It’s a fun little project, and you get to eat cookies at the end. What’s not to love?