Tea-and-Honey Crisps
Delicate, lace-like cookies flavored with Earl Grey tea and honey, these elegant crisps are both beautiful and delicious. The combination of butter, honey, and tea creates a sophisticated treat that can be shaped into decorative forms.
Ingredients
- •1 stick unsalted butter
- •1 cup confectioners sugar
- •¼ cup mild honey
- •2¼ teaspoons Earl Grey tea leaves
- •2 large egg whites
- •1 cup all-purpose flour
- •equipment
Cooking Instructions
- 1.
Draw desired shape of cookie on a Styrofoam plate, then cut out shape with X-Acto knife and discard shape. If desired, cut out additional shapes from same plate. Trim plate, leaving a 1-inch border around stencil(s). Make more stencils with more plates if desired.
10 min
- 2.
Put oven rack in middle position and preheat oven to 350°F. Line a large baking sheet with nonstick liner.
5 min
- 3.
Beat together butter, confectioners sugar, honey, and tea leaves in a large bowl with an electric mixer at medium speed until combined well. Add egg whites 1 at a time, beating well after each addition. Reduce speed to low, then mix in flour until just combined.
10 min
- 4.
Place stencil on liner and spread batter with spatula over stencil to completely cover opening. Carefully lift stencil from liner and stencil more cookies in same manner about 1 inch apart. Bake until edges are deep golden brown, 6 to 9 minutes. Cool cookies 1 minute on sheet, then transfer with spatula to a rack to cool completely. (To curl cookies, drape while hot over handles of wooden spoons or rolling pins to cool.) Stencil and bake more cookies with remaining batter.
20 min
