December 2, 2019

Holiday Tea Treats – Roasted Chestnut Snowball Cookies & more!

Here’s a tasty recipe that will delight you and your guests this holiday season.  We can’t believe how tasty these cookies are!  Traditionally Snowball cookies are made with ground nuts, however, we added our new Roasted Chestnut herbal tisane to the butter in this recipe to create an incredible taste sensation! Try the recipe below or there are a few variations to try with this recipe.  You can add nuts (almonds, walnuts, pecans…) either toasted or un-toasted and ground (1/2 – 1 cup) or add 1 cup of mini chocolate chips.  These cookies are rolled in powdered sugar.  We did roll them in powdered sugar, however, we also discovered that these cookies are scrumptious rolled in either a mixture of confectioner’s sugar & cinnamon or a mix of confectioner’s […]
March 16, 2015

Desserts made more delicious with Earl Grey tea

Have you used tea as an ingredient in baking yet? If not, you’re in for a tasty surprise when you try it! The two most used teas in recipes are Chai and Earl Grey, and you’ll find recipes using both on our website. The Earl Grey recipes we feature are Earl Grey Tea Shortbread and Earl Grey Chocolate Truffles. Here’s another one that I just made – Earl Grey Almond Cookies: Earl Grey Almond Cookies 1 ¾ cups flour 1/3 cup ground almonds 1/8 tsp salt 6 Tbsp confectioners’ sugar 2 tsp Earl Grey tea leaves, ground 4 ½ oz butter, chilled and diced 1 egg ½ tsp vanilla extract thick jam for filling confectioners’ sugar for dusting Put the flour, almonds, salt, confectioners’ sugar and ground Earl […]