Matcha Tea Biscuits Food

MATCHA TEA BISCUITS

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 325 degrees. Whisk to combine flour, baking powder, and salt in a bowl. In a separate bowl, whisk egg, matcha, and vanilla until smooth. Slowly pour oil into egg mixture, whisking constantly until incorporated. Add flour mixture and stir until smooth; mix in almonds and ginger. Chill 30 minutes.
• Divide dough into thirds, and shape each into a log, 1 1/2 inches wide by 6 inches long. Place on a parchment-lined baking sheet, spacing 3 inches apart. Bake, rotating sheet halfway through, until center is firm and bottom edges are slightly golden, 18 to 20 minutes. Remove from oven and sprinkle about 1 tablespoon sugar evenly over logs. Let cool on sheet 15 minutes, then cut into 1/2-inch-thick slices using a serrated knife.
• Arrange slices on parchment-lined baking sheet, cut side down, and sprinkle evenly with about 2 teaspoons more sugar. Bake until firm in center, 6 to 8 minutes. Let cookies cool on baking sheet on a wire rack, 5 minutes. Flip cookies, and sprinkle evenly with about 2 teaspoons more sugar. Return to oven, and bake until slightly browned on edges, about 6 minutes more. Let cool completely on sheet on a wire rack. Cookies can be stored in an airtight container at room temperature up to 2 weeks.

MATCHA (GREEN TEA) SHORTBREAD COOKIES

Steps:

• Sift the flour, powdered tea and salt into a bowl.
• In a mixer bowl, beat butter and powdered sugar until fluffy.
• Add flour mixture to mixer bowl and mix slowly until dough just comes together.
• Pull dough together carefully in a log, approximately 2 inches in diameter.
• Wrap dough log and place in freezer for 30 minutes or until dough has firmed to the touch.
• Slice dough into 1/4 inch rounds and place on a parchment or Silpat lined cookie sheet, approximately 1 inch apart.
• Bake in a preheated 325 degree F oven for 16 to 18 minutes (or until the cookies are just starting to turn golden around the edges), turning the pan halfway through the baking time.
• Remove cookies immediately from the cookie sheet and cool on a wire rack.
• Store in an airtight container or wrap well and freeze.
• The well-chilled cookie dough can also be rolled out and cut into desired shapes before baking.
• NOTE 1-- powdered green tea is not merely green tea that has been pulverized in a food processor or food mill, it's a special kind of tea that has been prepared to dissolve nicely.
• NOTE 2-- don't use the microwave to soften the butter, room temperature butter is the correct consistency for this recipe.