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Chamomile Tea Shortbread Cookies

Chamomile Tea Shortbread Cookies

These buttery tender cookies melt-in-your-mouth, and marry the wonderful classic shortbread cookie with the delicate and floral flavors of chamomile tea. It's a pairing made in heaven, and sure to become your new favorite cupboard cookie.

Course Dessert
Cuisine English
Keyword chamomile
Prep Time 40 minutes
Cook Time 15 minutes
Cooling Time 30 minutes
Total Time 1 hour 25 minutes
Servings 20 cookies
Calories 202 kcal

Ingredients

Chamomile Infused Milk

  • ½ cup milk
  • 1 tablespoon loose leaf chamomile tea or 1 tea bag of chamomile tea

Chamomile Tea Shortbread Cookies

  • 1 cup 2 sticks unsalted butter or plant butter, at room temperature
  • 1 cup powdered sugar
  • 1 tablespoon chamomile infused milk
  • 1 teaspoon vanilla extract
  • 2 cups all-purpose flour or 1-to-1 GF baking Flour with xanthum gum
  • 3 tablespoons dried chamomile tea
  • 1/2 teaspoon table salt

Glaze + Toppings

  • 2 cups powdered sugar
  • 3 tablespoons chamomile infused milk
  • 1 cup fresh chamomile blossoms about 54 flowers, or other edible flower or petals of similar size
  • 8 fresh pansies or other edible flower of similar size

Instructions

Chamomile Infused Milk

  1. Heat the milk in a small saucepan or briki until hot but not boiling. Remove from heat, add the chamomile, and allow to steep until the milk cools to room temperature. Strain, reserving the milk.

Chamomile Tea Shortbread Cookies

  1. In the bowl of an electric stand mixer fitted with the paddle attachment, beat together the butter, sugar, 1 tablespoon of the infused milk, and the vanilla, starting at low speed and increasing to medium until smooth. Add the flour, dried chamomile, and salt and beat until a stiff dough forms. Pat the dough into a 1-inch thick oval, wrap it in plastic or beeswrap, and refrigerate for 15 minutes.
  2. Preheat the oven to 325 degrees Fahrenheit and line two baking sheets with parchment paper and set them aside. On a lightly floured surface, roll out the dough out until it is ¼-inch thick. Use a 2 ¾-inch (7 cm) round cookie cutter to cut out the circle shapes (if you use a smaller size, they will bake faster, if you use a larger size, they will take longer to bake).

  3. Place the cookie on the baking sheet, leaving 1-inch between the cookies. Place the trays on two baking racks positioned towards the center and bottom. Bake for 15 to 20 minutes or until lightly golden around the edges, swapping the trays on the baking racks halfway through so they bake evenly. Remove and allow to cool to room temperature.

Glaze and Assembly

  1. Whisk together the powdered sugar and the infused milk until smooth. Dip the cooled cookies in the glaze, then place them on a wire rack over a baking sheet or cutting board to catch the excess glaze.
  2. While the glaze is still wet and unset, press the edible food-safe flowers onto the cookies. Serve and enjoy! Will keep in an airtight container in the refrigerator for 1 week.
Nutrition Facts
Chamomile Tea Shortbread Cookies
Amount Per Serving (1 cookie)
Calories 202 Calories from Fat 90
% Daily Value*
Fat 10g15%
Saturated Fat 6g38%
Trans Fat 0.4g
Polyunsaturated Fat 0.4g
Monounsaturated Fat 2g
Cholesterol 25mg8%
Sodium 133mg6%
Potassium 26mg1%
Carbohydrates 28g9%
Fiber 0.3g1%
Sugar 18g20%
Protein 1g2%
Vitamin A 322IU6%
Vitamin C 0.004mg0%
Calcium 9mg1%
Iron 1mg6%
* Percent Daily Values are based on a 2000 calorie diet.