Matcha Shortbread Cookies
By: modest marce
Add these Matcha shortbread cookies to your holiday list! Dipped in dark chocolate & sprinkled with crushed candy canes, it doesn't get more festive than this!
SERVINGS: Makes enough to share
TIME: 1 hrs, 30min
CATEGORY: Desserts
INGREDIENTS
- • 1 cup salted butter, room temperature⠀
- • ¾ cup white sugar
- • 2 tsp Aiya’s Culinary Grade Matcha
- • 2 Tbsp hot water⠀
- • 1 tsp pure vanilla extract
- • 2 cups all purpose flour⠀
- • ¼ tsp fine salt
- • Dark chocolate, melted⠀
- • Crushed candy cane, for sprinkling⠀
DIRECTIONS
- 1. In the bowl of a stand mixer with the paddle attachment beat butter & sugar until just combined.⠀
- 2. In a separate small bowl whisk together Matcha powder & hot water until Matcha is fully dissolved. ⠀
- 3. Add Matcha to mixing bowl followed by vanilla. Mix until combined.
- 4. Sift in flour & salt, beat until dough comes together. Roll out on floured surface & shape into a disk. Wrap in plastic & refrigerate for one hour.⠀
- 5. Once dough has chilled, roll out on a floured surface to a ½ inch thickness. Use desired cookie cutters to create cookie shape.⠀
- 6. Bake at 350°F for 15 minutes, or until the edges just begin to brown. Let cool to room temperature.⠀
- 7. Once cool enough to handle, drip in chocolate & sprinkle with crushed candy cane.
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