Hmmm... I'm officially obsessed with green tea!
So I decided to add a new flavor to my 'midnight baking' session. I was about to bake some langue de chat cookies because I was craving for some sweet yet light desserts. And I suddenly thought about adding some matcha powder to the cookie mix to create a new taste and smell to my cookies! And they turned out to be sooooooo good and fresh! They are crunchy outside yet soft inside, not too sweet and light weighted! Let's get started with these awesome green tea langue de chat!
Ingredients:
1/ 1/2 Cup - 1 Cup of all purpose flour (depends on how you like your cookies to be; if you want them to be soft, use 1/2 Cup; if you're like me and want the cookies to be on the "crunchy" and "floury" side then use 1 Cup)
2/ 1 stick or 1/4 Cup of Unsalted Butter (I actually used 1 1/4 stick because I love the buttery taste!)
3/ 1/2 Cup of confectioners sugar/granulated sugar (I personally find this a bit too plain so I put more, put if you're on diet or you don't like sweet, this enough is already enough)
4/ 3 medium egg whites
5/ 2-3 tablespoons of green tea matcha powder
6/ 1 teaspoon of Vanilla extract
7/ Mini semi-sweet chocolate chips (Optional)
Materials:
1/ 1 medium bowl
2/ Whisk/Hand mixer
3/ Spatula
4/ Aluminum foil/Baking sheet
5/ Baking tray
Let's begin baking!
1/ Line the baking trays with aluminum foils/baking sheet. My recipe can make 2-3 dozens so I lined 2 baking trays.
2/ Pre-heat the oven to 400 degrees F/ 200 degrees C
3/ In a medium bowl, put 1 stick butter in by cutting them into small pieces or cubes. Or you can use soften butter at room temperature as well (I actually recommend soften butter because it would be easier to blend and it would give the cookies a better texture)
*Note: Don't microwave the butter to melt it down because it's gonna turn into liquid which would make your cookies turn out to be TOO soft. I recommend putting the butter outside for about 10-15 minutes before baking to soften it (room temperature).
4/ Measure 1/2 Cup of confectioner sugar and put it in the same bowl. Then mix them together until fluffy!
5/ In another bowl, separate the egg whites and egg yolks.
6/ Pour in the 3 egg whites (1 at the time and mix well before putting another one in). Mix until combined.
7/ Put 1/2-1 Cup of all purpose flour in
Also put in 1 teaspoon of vanilla extract
Then mix everything well together
8/ Put in 2-3 tablespoons of green tea matcha powder
If you want the cookies to have better color, add in a few drops of green food coloring.
After that, use a spatula to blend everything until combined.
9/ Put the mixture in a ziplock bag with a tip. Or, you can use a scissor and cut the corner of the ziplock bag to create your own tip!
OPTIONAL: You can add some cookie chunks/chocolate chips in the mixture and make choco green tea langue de chat cookies!
10/ Squeeze the mixture onto the baking tray (3" each) and bake the cookies for about 6-7 minutes. You should check the cookies regularly because these cookies are really easy to be cooked.
If your cookies are still not done after 6-7 minutes or the center of the cookies are still kind of wet then you can flip your cookies downwards and leave them in the oven at 350 degrees F for 1-2 more minutes.
Bake until the edges are golden brown/slightly brown and your cookies are done! ~
11/ Cool on baking sheet for about 1-2 minutes then move them to cool completely on a cooling rack and your cookies are ready to be served!
Plain green tea langue de chat on the left and mini chocolate chips green tea langue de chat on the right. They both taste fantastic. The plain ones are more buttery and not that sweet while the choco chips ones are somewhat bitter-sweet. You can also add other ingredients (up to your own reference!)
Cheers!
Cher Vo
June 30, 2013
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