London Fog Cookies with Lavender Cream Cheese Frosting
These perfectly soft and chewy London fog cookies are incredibly easy to make and have the best pillowy, melt in your mouth texture. They are bursting with Earl Grey and lavender flavor, topped with a silky lavender cream cheese frosting.
- Prep Time: 45 minutes
- Cook Time: 9 minutes
- Total Time: 54 minutes
- Yield: 20 cookies
- Cuisine: British-American
Ingredients
3 tbsp (12 g) Earl Grey tea
2 3/4 cups (344 g) all purpose flour, spooned and leveled
1/2 tsp baking powder
1/2 tsp baking soda
1/2 tsp salt
1 cup (200 g) granulated white sugar
1 cup (227 g) unsalted butter, softened
1 egg, at room temperature
2 tsp vanilla bean paste
1/2 cup (100 g) granulated white sugar (for coating)
1/2 tbsp culinary lavender (for coating)
4 oz (113 g) cream cheese
1/4 cup (56 g) unsalted butter, softened (for frosting)
1 cup (130 g) powdered sugar
1/2 tbsp culinary lavender (for frosting)
1 tsp vanilla bean paste (for frosting)
purple food coloring (optional)
Instructions
Pulse lavender in a food processor until fine; sift and set half aside for frosting.
Mix remaining lavender with 1/2 cup sugar in a small bowl.
Preheat oven to 350°F (175°C) and line sheets with parchment.
Pulse Earl Grey tea until finely ground and sift.
Whisk flour, baking powder, baking soda, salt, and ground tea together.
Cream butter and 1 cup sugar for 2 minutes until light and fluffy.
Mix in egg and vanilla bean paste until pale and voluminous.
Add dry ingredients on low speed until just combined.
Scoop 2 tbsp balls, roll in lavender sugar, and place 2 inches apart.
Slightly flatten and bake for 9-10 minutes.
Let cool on sheet for 5 minutes (use a cookie cutter to ‘scoot’ into circles).
Whip frosting ingredients (cream cheese, butter, powdered sugar, lavender, vanilla) until fluffy.
Top cooled cookies with frosting and spread evenly.
Notes
• Measure flour using the spoon-and-level method to avoid dry cookies.
• Ensure lavender is “culinary grade” to avoid a soapy taste.
• Use vanilla bean paste for those beautiful black specks and deeper flavor.