Earl Grey Is Not a Supporting Actor

My first attempt at an Earl Grey tea and vanilla cookie came out good, but the tea flavor needs to be amped up a little. I'm afraid the vanilla was the scene stealer here, due in part to my using a little too much ground Nilla wafers.

To bring out more of the Earl Grey flavor, I tried to make some icing using brewed tea and confectioner's sugar. The first batch of icing was far too sweet, and the second batch was far too runny because I had used too much sugar to make batch 1.

Back to the drawing board...with lots of notes!