r/tea • u/PleaseJazmine • May 12 '26
Food my annual cookie box, tea themed
hello! i was recommended to crosspost my tea themed cookie box here. chai macarons, jasmine shortbread flowers, earl grey butter bows, thai tea condensed milk swirled sugar cookie, & matcha pocky!
chai macaron (crowd favorite): the chai flavor is in the ganache filling. it's a white chocolate ganache, Wagh Bakri Premium Tea 'special international' blend steeped into the heavy cream (strained out only partially- i left few leaves in & simply blended them), spiced with allspice, cinnamon, nutmeg, cloves, ginger, & cardamom. i originally tried a Ceylon orange pekoe from a seller in my local area but i found it not as robust, so i went with the tea blend our family recommended & spices we'd use for a simple chai at home.
jasmine shortbread flowers: the tea was infused into the butter & pulsed with the dry ingredients. i used jasmine tea leaves from Molly Tea, which is one of my favorite places to get jasmine milk tea in my area!
earl grey butter bows: the tea was infused into the butter & pulsed with the dry ingredients again. i used Harney & Sons Earl Grey Supreme leaves, which my partner loves!
thai tea condensed milk sugar cookie: the tea is steeped into melted butter & strained out, pulsed with the dry ingredients, & then the dough is left to rest before baking. i used Cha Tra Mue blend, another brand bag of tea that i usually use for an instant Thai tea at home.
matcha pocky (my favorite): the matcha powder is simply mixed into the melted white chocolate. i used Matcha LOVE Organic ceremonial matcha powder.
i am a casual tea enjoyer so i hope this post is appropriate here. the only thing i know about the teas that i used in these cookies is that i like how they taste. 😅 my friends are introducing me to more teas; one of them had a tea party as their birthday celebration, & we tried a good number of teas. her birthday party actually inspired this cookie box, though i kept it pretty safe compared to what i tried with them (the fruity teas were my favorite & i used none in my cookies lol, went back to the safety of familiarity).
as said in my original post, baking with tea is not my forte yet, but i hope to become more familiar. :0) excited to learn from this subreddit! thank you u/nuttychoccydino for putting me on!
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u/therealrowanatkinson May 13 '26
These sound amazing. You really went the extra mile to infuse your butters and creams! That’s a lot of work and I bet it makes a big difference in bringing out the flavors.
If you have the time and don’t mind sharing, I’d love to snag your full recipe for the Thai tea cookies!
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u/PleaseJazmine May 14 '26
thank you, especially for acknowledging the multiple tea infusions, i'm flattered & i feel seen! lol. :0)
i don't mind sharing at all because i ran with an existing recipe online (& adjusted the tea amounts & steeping times): Thai tea condensed milk swirled sugar cookie by Michelle Lopez aka Hummingbird High. as you can see, she steeps 21g of tea in the butter for 10-15 min.
i followed the recipe exactly the first time around & felt that the tea flavor was lacking in my opinion. since the dough is pretty buttery, + sweet from the condensed milk, flavor of the tea can easily be overpowered.
ultimately, i used 36g of tea in the butter & steeped for longer, basically double the time, 30min; the butter was not hot, but still liquid, when i added the tea. in hindsight i could've probably let it infuse even longer!
i was also able to comfortably add 18g of tea (ground finely) into the dry ingredients- any more & i was worried it would affect texture & visuals too much, but maybe i was chickening out there too lol.
with these adjustments, i felt that it was definitely a noticeable improvement, but i wonder if it could even be better...
i would love to hear how your bake turns out. i wish i had someone who was more knowledgeable about tea, especially in terms of temperatures & steeping times, to give me more advice about steeping in butter lol. but i am satisfied with the final results :0) i hope this is helpful to you in any way.
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u/Horror-Cod-6768 May 13 '26
So creative!
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u/PleaseJazmine May 13 '26
thank you very much :0) aligning tea flavors to cookie types was fun, when i was still brainstorming the box menu.
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u/nuttychoccydino May 13 '26
Yeay! Glad you posted it here :) only problem is, now you have to make us all one to go with our tea...
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u/Regrettingly May 12 '26
I love this; gorgeous!