Green Tea Cookies

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So one flavor I have always loved is green tea. Green tea ice cream is my absolute favorite and then a friend of mine mentioned green tea cookies! I had thought about green tea cookies before but had never really found a recipe. Well thanks to Appetite for China. I found one!


Ingredients:

• 1 cup all purpose flour
• 1/4 cup sugar
• 1/4 cup confectioners' sugar
• 1 tablespoon green tea matcha powder
• 1/4 teaspoon salt
• 1/2 teaspoon vanilla
• 1 teaspoon water
• 1/2 cup unsalted butter, chopped into small cubes

1. Mix the flour, sugars, green tea powder, and salt in a large bowl.
   
2. Add the vanilla, water and butter.
3. Mix them together until a dough forms. The dough will look a bit weird:
   
4. Just get in there with your hands and keep mixing until the dough fully forms!
5. Roll the dough into a log onto a piece of wax or parchment paper. Wrap the paper around and shape the log until it is smooth.
6. Chill for 30 minutes.
7. After chilling slice the log in to cookie slices and bake for 10-12 minutes at 375 degrees.
   
   
8. Let cool for 5 minutes and enjoy!

The taste is definitely a green tea flavor, this will surely delight those who truely love green tea. However the taste can also be...interesting. Might have to tweak the recipe, perhaps add honey to make them sweeter, to make it delicious for non-green tea fiends.

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