Lemon Earl Grey Shortbread Cookies

4.60 from 10 ratings

These lemon earl grey shortbread cookies are easy to make and filled with flavors of earl grey and lemon.

Prep Time40

Cook Time9

Course: Dessert

Cuisine: American

Keyword: earl grey shortbread cookie recipe, earl grey shortbread cookies

Servings: cookies

Calories: 43kcal

Combine powdered sugar, butter, vanilla extract, lemon juice, lemon zest, and salt in a bowl. Mix until well incorporated
In a separate bowl, mix together the flour and powdered earl grey tea.
Combine the wet ingredients from step 1 with the dry ingredients from step 2 until a soft dough forms.
Divide the dough in half. Roll out each piece onto a silicone mat until it is 1/8 an inch thick. Make sure to flour the silicone mat, dough, and rolling pin to prevent sticking.
Transfer the silicone mat onto a baking sheet. Rest dough in the fridge for at least 30 minutes.
Preheat oven to 350 degrees F.
Prepare 2 baking sheets by covering them with parchment paper.
After 30 minutes, take out the dough from the fridge. Use a cookie cutter that is 2.5 inches in diameter to cut out your cookies. After you cut out your first batch of cookies, combine the remaining dough, and roll it out to make more cookies.
Place cookies onto the prepared baking sheets. Bake the cookies for 9-11 minutes until the edges start to turn a golden color.
Cool cookies for 10 minutes before serving.

An alternative way to make the dough is to put all the ingredients into a food processor and pulse until a dough forms.
Roll out the dough prior to resting it in the fridge - The reason I rolled out the dough first before resting it in the fridge is because the dough is easier to work with before it goes into the fridge. In addition, the cookies hold their shape better if you punch them out while the dough is cold.
Why I use a silicone mat - I used a silicone mat because it's easy to roll out the dough on the surface, it makes it easy to transfer the dough onto a baking sheet for resting, and the cookies don't stick when I transfer them onto another baking sheet for baking.
What to do if your dough gets too warm - When I was cutting the cookies, there were moments when the dough got too warm. Like I mentioned, they bake better when they're cold. If this happens, put the cookies back in the fridge for 10 minutes to cool down the dough before continuing to work with it.