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SHERLOCK’S SPICY SUGAR COOKIES

Just in case people aren’t already sick of me posting about baking, here are some super yummy cookies.

 Ingredients

2 3/4 cups all-purpose flour
1 teaspoon baking soda
½ teaspoon baking powder
½ teaspoon salt
1 3/4 cups white sugar
1 teaspoons ground cinnamon
½ teaspoon ground ginger
½ teaspoon ground cardamom
½ teaspoon ground allspice
¼ teaspoon finely ground black pepper (I know, I know. Just do it.)
1 cup unsalted butter (infused with tea)
8 tsp loose tea leaves 
1 egg
½ teaspoon vanilla extract

Infusin’ Da Butter

1. Put butter in saucepan and melt completely.
2. Add tea leaves.
3. Heat on low for 5 minutes.
4. Remove from heat and let stand for 5 more minutes.
5. Press leaves through a fine sieve and drain as much butter as you can.

Bakin’ Da Cookies

1. Preheat oven to 350 degrees. 
2. Sift together flour, baking soda, baking powder and salt.
3. In a separate bowl combine sugar, cinnamon, ginger, cardamom, allspice and black pepper. Remove ¼ cup of the sugar-spice mixture and set aside for rolling the cookies.
4. In a large bowl, beat the butter and sugar-spice mixture until fully mixed.
5. Beat in egg and vanilla extract.
6. Slowly blend in dry ingredients until combined.
7. Roll dough into little balls and then into the left over sugar-spice mixture. Place dough balls on prepared baking sheet about 1 1/2 inches apart.
8. Bake in preheated oven for 8 to 10 minutes.
9. Let stand on baking sheet two minutes before removing to cool.
10. Give them to someone else to eat. Eating’s boring.