Vanilla Poppy Seed Tea Cookies
 
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These light little tea cookies are a little like vanilla wafer cookies, but softer, littered with poppy seeds, and with a brighter vanilla flavor. Please note that I am baking with a convection oven. In that smaller space, the slow bake temperature and time worked best. But I've offered alternative temperatures with times below that might work better for your full-size oven and tastes.
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Recipe type: Dessert
Cuisine: American
Serves: 7 dozen cookies
Ingredients
  • 2 cups all-purpose flour
  • ¼ cup poppy seeds
  • ¼ teaspoon fine sea salt
  • 3 eggs
  • 1 cup sugar
  • ½ cup + 1 tablespoon oil
  • ¼ cup fresh-squeezed orange or tangerine juice
  • ¾ teaspoon vanilla extract
Instructions
  1. Preheat your oven to 250°F and line a baking sheet with parchment paper.
  2. In a medium bowl, whisk together the flour, poppy seeds, and salt.
  3. In a mixing bowl, beat the eggs until foamy with a whisk or hand mixer. Mix in the sugar, oil, juice, and vanilla. Add the flour mixture and mix until combined. It will be goopy, like thick, sticky pancake batter.
  4. Drop the batter by the heaping teaspoonful onto your prepared baking sheet, about 2 inches apart. They will spread into flat ovals as you put them on the baking sheet, but don't spread more while baking.
  5. Bake for 15 to 25 minutes, depending on how soft or crispy you like them. The lesser is for just baked, soft but lightly chewy cookies that are just golden around the edges, while the longest time is more golden all around.
  6. Remove the cookies to a flat surface to cool. The cookies can be stored in an airtight container for up to two weeks, or freeze to enjoy them for longer.
Notes
Alternate Baking Times / Temps: The original recipe bakes these at 350°F, and they were done at around 7 to 10 minutes at this temperature. At 325°F, I found 8 to 12 minutes worked well, and they didn't go from golden to burnt as quickly. I prefer the slower bake above because it bakes the cookies more uniformly and offers more control over how golden you can bake them without risk of burning.
Recipe by Go Dairy Free at https://www.godairyfree.org/recipes/vanilla-poppy-seed-tea-cookies