In a medium bowl, mix the melted butter with the sugars and honey until only about 50–60% of the sugar crystals have dissolved.
Add the eggs in 2–3 additions, mixing after each, then add the vanilla extract.
Sift together the all-purpose flour, ground Earl Grey tea leaves, ground hazelnuts, baking soda, cornstarch, and salt.
Add the sifted dry ingredients to the batter and fold them in with the spatula held upright, cutting through the dough. Mix evenly until no dry flour is visible.
Rest the dough in the refrigerator for 30 minutes.
Divide the rested dough into 150g portions and flatten each one. Place 30g of the cream cheese base in the center and wrap the dough around it.
Lower the oven from 200°C to 185°C and bake for 10–13 minutes.
Tips
The ground hazelnuts make the dough nuttier and richer in flavor.
You can make the cream cheese base with the Cream Cheese Base recipe.
Earl Grey Cream Cheese Cookie
Equipment: oven, mixing bowl, kitchen scale, sieve
Ingredients (6 pieces)
- unsalted butter 280g
- muscovado sugar 150g
- sugar 50g
- dark brown sugar 30g
- honey 40g
- egg 130g
- vanilla extract 5g
- all-purpose flour 430g
- Earl Grey tea leaves 60g, finely ground
- hazelnuts 30g, ground
- baking soda 12g
- cornstarch 20g
- salt 2g
- sweetened cream cheese filling 200g
Instructions
1. Preheat the oven to 200°C.
2. Make the cream cheese base for the filling.
3. Melt the butter completely.
4. In a medium bowl, mix the melted butter with the sugars and honey until only about 50–60% of the sugar crystals have dissolved.
5. Add the eggs in 2–3 additions, mixing after each, then add the vanilla extract.
6. Sift together the all-purpose flour, ground Earl Grey tea leaves, ground hazelnuts, baking soda, cornstarch, and salt.
7. Add the sifted dry ingredients to the batter and fold them in with the spatula held upright, cutting through the dough. Mix evenly until no dry flour is visible.
8. Rest the dough in the refrigerator for 30 minutes.
9. Divide the rested dough into 150g portions and flatten each one. Place 30g of the cream cheese base in the center and wrap the dough around it.
10. Lower the oven from 200°C to 185°C and bake for 10–13 minutes.
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