Has this ever happened to you? You make a cookie dough, roll it into a log and then chill it the way you are supposed to, only to take it out later and try and slice the cookies and the dough falls apart? This happened to me the morning my mother-in-law was supposed to be coming over for tea. Thankfully I had made a batch of mocha cookies the day before just to cover my butt!
I was using Five Ingredient Fix’s Earl Grey Shortbread Cookies recipe which I thought was a great choice considering how much Lorraine and I love tea but I must have added too much flour to the cookie dough which made it too dry. I did not have time to experiment in the kitchen that morning but the next day I decided instead of throwing out the dough to add an egg yolk to the batter and whiz it up in the food processor again. If you want strength and stability, you would add an egg white. For tenderness, you add a yolk. I tested out the dough by squeezing it in my hand to see if it would stick together and it did! I thought to myself, this just might work.
You lose some of that pure, white porcelain look to them because the yolk makes them more golden brown but who cares? They were delicious and yes, you could taste the Earl Grey in them! I used tea leaves from my double bergamot Earl Grey tea and they were lovely.
So elegant and yes, perfect with a cup of tea. One day soon, Lorraine is going to love these!
Oh, perfectly yum! Wish I could have one right now! 🙂
So interesting! They look delicious.
Nice save!
Earl Grey cookies? That sounds so cool!
Nice way to save the cookies, experimentation rocks!
Om nom nom! I’m going to have to check out that recipe. Good save … I wouldn’t have known that about the yolk, but I’m glad I do now!
Very clever save! 🙂
Hmmm…interesting and yummy. A nice combination.