![Glazed Earl Grey and Vanilla Bean Shortbread Cookies](https://api.vip.foodnetwork.ca/wp-content/uploads/2023/12/earl-grey-shortbread-feat.jpg?w=3840&quality=75)
A classic blend of vanilla and Earl Grey tea, these buttery and tender shortbread cookies will surely brighten your holiday cookie platter. Simple to put together with a lightly sweet and creamy glaze that perfectly complements the citrus notes of Earl Grey tea, these cookies will soon become a welcome addition to your holiday (or year round!) baking repertoire.
ingredients
Cookies
Glaze
directions
![Ingredients for Glazed Earl Grey and Vanilla Bean Shortbread Cookies](https://api.vip.foodnetwork.ca/wp-content/uploads/2023/12/earl-grey-shortbread-ingredients.jpg?w=3840&quality=75)
Beat together the butter and icing sugar with a hand mixer in a large bowl until creamy. Add the vanilla bean paste and salt, mix to combine.
Sift together the flour and cornstarch in a medium bowl. Whisk in the tea. Add the flour mixture to the butter mixture and mix just until combined.
Wrap the dough in plastic wrap and press into a ½-inch thick disc. Transfer the dough to the fridge for 15 minutes.
![Shortbread dough on plastic wrap](https://api.vip.foodnetwork.ca/wp-content/uploads/2023/12/earl-grey-shortbread-1.jpg?w=3840&quality=75)
Heat oven to 325°F. Lightly dust your work surface with flour and roll the dough to a scant ¼-inch thick.
![Rolled shortbread dough](https://api.vip.foodnetwork.ca/wp-content/uploads/2023/12/earl-grey-shortbread-3.jpg?w=3840&quality=75)
Cut the dough into 2-inch rounds, gently rerolling the scraps up to two times. Place the dough onto parchment lined sheets and chill in the fridge for 10 minutes.
![Shortbread dough cut into circles](https://api.vip.foodnetwork.ca/wp-content/uploads/2023/12/earl-grey-shortbread-2.jpg?w=3840&quality=75)
Bake in batches for about 20 minutes, until edges begin to brown lightly. Cool on the cookie sheet for two minutes before transferring the cookies to a wire cooling rack to cool completely.
![Cookies on a cooling rack](https://api.vip.foodnetwork.ca/wp-content/uploads/2023/12/earl-grey-shortbread-4.jpg?w=3840&quality=75)
Once cooled, whisk together the icing sugar, milk and vanilla bean paste. Dip or spread the cookies evenly with the glaze and set aside.
![Cookies dipped into glaze](https://api.vip.foodnetwork.ca/wp-content/uploads/2023/12/earl-grey-shortbread-5.jpg?w=3840&quality=75)
Allow glaze to harden before serving.
![A plate of Glazed Earl Grey and Vanilla Bean Shortbread Cookies](https://api.vip.foodnetwork.ca/wp-content/uploads/2023/12/earl-grey-shortbread-6.jpg?w=3840&quality=75)