Vanilla Rooibos Tea Cookies

If you’ve got a sweet tooth, or just love to use tea in your baking, we’ve got the perfect recipe for you! Our Vanilla and Rooibos Tea Cookies are a favourite that we know you’ll love too. These cookies are made with pantry staples and our Nerada Vanilla and Rooibos Tea. They’re simple to make and simple to enjoy.

INGREDIENTS

• 5x Nerada Organic Rooibos & Vanilla Tea Bags
• 150g butter, softened
• ½ cup caster sugar
• ½ cup brown sugar
• 1x egg
• 1 teaspoon vanilla bean paste
• 2 cups plain flour

METHOD

• Heat a small pan over medium heat. Remove the tea leaves from the tea bags and add to pan. Toast for 2 minutes, shaking the pan often. Remove from heat once the tea is fragrant.
• Using an electric mixer, beat butter and sugars for 1-2 minutes, or until smooth and well combined. Beat in egg and the vanilla bean paste.
• Stir in flour and tea leaves.
• Roll your cookie dough into a log shape. Wrap it in cling film and transfer to the fridge to chill for 30 minutes.
• Meanwhile, preheat oven to 180°C and line 2 baking trays with baking paper.
• Remove log from fridge and cut into 1cm thick slices. Place cookies 3cm apart on prepared baking trays.
• Bake for 12 minutes, or until cookies start to brown. Leave to cool on trays for five minutes before transferring them to a wire rack to completely cool.

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