Matcha Tea Cookies

Here’s the printable recipe for the Matcha Tea Cookies that were featured in my YouTube video “Afternoon Tea with Matcha Cookies and Piano Duets!” The cookies are light, crisp, and exquisitely perfumed with vanilla and lemon. But more importantly, they are a delightful shade of green. You might like to serve these biscuits for Afternoon Tea just as I did, or as a gorgeous green treat for St. Patrick’s Day!

You can find organic Matcha tea at better grocery stores. I ordered my tea from Amazon: Jade Leaf Organic Culinary Grade Matcha.

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Matcha Tea Cookies

These tea-time treats are light, crisp, and perfectly perfumed with vanilla and lemon. They are very easy to make.

Prep Time10 minutes mins

Cook Time20 minutes mins

chilling time1 hour hr

Course: cookies

Servings: 20

Ingredients

• 1 cup (226g) butter, softened to room temperature
• 1 cup (about 120g) confectioners' sugar
• The yolk from one large egg, at room temperature
• 1 tablespoon vanilla extract
• 1 teaspoon lemon extract
• 2 cups (260g) all-purpose or "plain" flour
• 2 teaspoons organic Matcha tea powder

Instructions

• In the bowl of a standing mixer (or in any large bowl if using electric beaters), beat the butter and sugar at medium to high speed until light and fluffy. Then beat in the egg yolk, followed by the vanilla and lemon extracts. At low speed, gradually beat in the flour and the Matcha tea.
• Cover the bowl, and refrigerate from 1 to 3 hours (or overnight).
• Preheat oven to 325°F (160°C).
• Form the dough into one inch diameter balls, and space them about one inch apart on a parchment-lined baking sheet. Use your fingers to lightly flatten the balls so they will not roll around as you transport the baking sheet to the oven.
• Bake until the cookies lightly brown on their undersides -- 20 to 25 minutes. Allow the cookies to cool on the baking sheet for 5 minutes before transferring them to a wire rack to cool completely. Enjoy!