Matcha Cookies for Matcha Lovers
- 140 grams White flour
- 15 grams Matcha
- 1 pinch Salt
- 100 grams Cake margarine (or unsalted butter)
- 70 grams Granulated sugar (or regular sugar)
- Bring cake margarine to room temperature.
- Measure all ingredients.
- Combine ingredients (flour, matcha, salt) and sift.
- Put the margarine, now at room temperature, into a bowl and knead until it's slightly soft.
- Add all of the granulated sugar into the bowl from step 2.
- Mix well until everything turns white.
- Now using a spatula, add all sifted ingredients into the bowl.
- Mix roughly.
- If you mash the margarine as you mix, you'll get a nice result.
- When the dough looks like this, make one huge chunk and divide into 2 or 3 portions (roughly).
- Put the dough onto a plastic wrap and shape into square sticks about 3cm in width.
- Place on a flat container if possible, and freeze for about 30 minutes to 1 hour to harden.
- Slice into 1cm thickness.
- When it's hard and frozen, it will break apart when you cut.
- Set aside in room temperature for a while for a better result.
- Align on a baking pan aligned with parchment paper and bake for about 15 minutes in a 180C preheated oven.
- Make sure to leave enough space because it will raise.
- Let it cool on the baking pan.
- Caution: Make sure not to burn it because that will destroy the aroma of matcha.
- Update: You can also sprinkle granulated sugar (unlisted) on the dough before you bake.
- It becomes nice and crunchy when it's baked.
- You can also add tea leaves like Western tea cookies.
- If you want texture, chop up the leaves.
- Also try with black tea and houjicha roasted tea.
- Here's how it looks like when you sprinkle granulated sugar.
- Also with green tea leaves.
- The tea leaves are actually inconspicuous, but add to the aroma.
- Even my 2-year-old son enjoys it.
- He loves matcha, just like me!
white flour, matcha, salt, margarine, sugar
Taken from cookpad.com/us/recipes/171853-matcha-cookies-for-matcha-lovers (may not work)