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i call these green tea jewels cos the name just seems so apt for them! Especially after coating them with coarse granulated sugar. i had a list of things i had already wanted to bake. but i stumbled across lovescool's blog and the green tea sweets looked so pretty in green. since i had all the ingredients i needed for this recipe, i decided to bake this last weekend. quite a few have already tried it out and the different variations are really amazing. do have a look ok?
mine turned out a little on the dark side compared to those i have seen on lovescool's site.
oh, i tweaked the recipe a little. i was a little more generous with the matcha powder and i added an additional 30gm of ground almonds :)
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the recipe...
Green Tea Jewels
Adapted from Lovescool's Green Tea Sweets
75g Confectioners sugar
150g Unsalted butter, cut into cubes
235g plain flour
4 medium sized egg yolks
2 tbsp Matcha powder
30g ground almonds
Granulated sugar (for coating)
235g plain flour
4 medium sized egg yolks
2 tbsp Matcha powder
30g ground almonds
Granulated sugar (for coating)
Method:
- Preheat the oven to 180 deg C. Prepare your baking sheet. Whisk the confectioner’s sugar and green tea together in a bowl.
- Beat the butter with your electric mixer in a bowl, then add the green tea/sugar mixture & mix until smooth and light in colour.
- Add the flour and ground almonds and mix until well combined. Add the egg yolks and mix just until the eggs are fully incorporated.
- Form the dough into a disk and chill in the refrigerator until firm (about 30 mins).
- Remove from the refrigerator & roll the dough out. Cut the dough with a cookie cutter.
- Toss each cut cookie in a bowl of granulated sugar to coat. Place the sugar-coated cookie on your baking sheet. Bake for 13-15 minutes, or until slightly golden around the edges.
2 comments:
Looks good and I like the name of your cookies. Is the green tea taste strong?
hello little corner of mine,
Thanks! The cookies have a subtle green tea taste. I think it's just nice :) If you don't want too strong a green tea taste, you can reduce the amount of green tea added.
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