Green Tea Cookies
- Level: Easy
- Yield: about 36 servings
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- Nutritional Analysis
- Per Serving
- Serving Size
- 1 of 36 servings
- Calories
- 81
- Total Fat
- 4
- Saturated Fat
- 2
- Carbohydrates
- 11
- Dietary Fiber
- 0
- Sugar
- 6
- Protein
- 1
- Cholesterol
- 15
- Sodium
- 24
- Total: 3 hr 30 min
- Prep: 1 hr 55 min
- Inactive: 1 hr 15 min
- Cook: 20 min
Ingredients
1 3/4 cups all-purpose flour, plus more for dusting
2 tablespoons matcha (green tea powder)
1/2 teaspoon baking powder
1/4 teaspoon salt
1 1/2 sticks (12 tablespoons) unsalted butter, at room temperature
1 cup granulated sugar
1 large egg
1/4 teaspoon pure almond extract
Coarse sugar, for sprinkling
Directions
- Whisk the flour, matcha, baking powder and salt in a medium bowl. Beat the butter and granulated sugar in a large bowl with a mixer on medium-high speed until light and fluffy, about 3 minutes. Beat in the egg and almond extract until combined. Reduce the mixer speed to low and beat in the flour mixture until just incorporated. Turn out the dough onto a large sheet of plastic wrap; shape into a disk. Wrap and refrigerate until firm, about 1 hour.
- Position racks in the upper and lower thirds of the oven; preheat to 325 degrees F. Line 2 baking sheets with parchment paper. Roll out the dough until 1/4 inch thick on a lightly floured surface. Cut out cookies with a 1 1/2- to 2-inch fluted round cookie cutter or biscuit cutter. Reroll the scraps once and cut out more cookies. Arrange about 1 1/2 inches apart on the prepared baking sheets. Sprinkle generously with coarse sugar. Refrigerate until firm, about 15 minutes.
- Bake, switching the pans halfway through, until the cookies are firm but not browned, 17 to 20 minutes. Let cool completely on the baking sheets.