Matcha Black Cocoa Sugar Cookies

By: Posh Little Designs

Matcha Halloween Sugar Cookies, made with dutch-processed black cocoa powder and decorated with Matcha royal icing. All naturally colored. The cookies taste similar to Oreos with a smooth and creamy Matcha finish!


Matcha Black Cocoa Sugar Cookies

SERVINGS: 2 dozen cookies

TIME: 4 hrs

CATEGORY: Desserts

INGREDIENTS

  • Matcha Black Cocoa Sugar Cookies
  • • ¾ cups vegan butter (or regular butter)
  • • 1 cup sugar (½ cup confectioners sugar & ½ cup granulated sugar for soft cookies)
  • • 2 eggs
  • • 1 tsp vanilla
  • • 1 tsp Aiya Culinary Grade Matcha Powder
  • • 2¼ cups flour
  • • ¼ cup Dutch processed all natural black cocoa powder
  • • 1 tsp baking powder
  • • ½ tsp salt
  • Matcha Royal Icing
  • • 2 Tbsp meringue powder
  • • ¼ cup warm water
  • • 2 cups confectioners sugar (sifted)
  • • 1 tsp Aiya Culinary Grade Matcha Powder
  • • Additional warm water a few drops at time
  • Supplies
  • • Tipless piping bags
  • • Small open star piping tips
  • • Edible gold dust
  • • Parchment paper
  • • Seasonal cookie cutters

DIRECTIONS

  • Matcha Black Cocoa Sugar Cookies
  • 1. Preheat oven to 400°F.
  • 2. In a glass bowl, mix together flour, black cocoa powder, baking soda and salt until combined. Set aside.
  • 3. In the bowl of a stand mixer, cream together butter and sugars until combined.
  • 4. Pour eggs, vanilla extract and Matcha powder into the butter and sugar mixture.
  • 5. Mix on med until fully combined.
  • 6. Then pour the dry ingredients (flour, cocoa powder) into egg, sugar and butter mixture.
  • 7. Mix together on medium until fully combined.
  • 8. You’ll know your cookie dough is ready when the bowl is clean and most of the dough sticks to the paddle.
  • 9. Place a sheet of parchment paper onto a solid surface and lightly dust with flour.
  • 10. Roll dough out onto the parchment and flour-dusted surface (until about ½ inch thick.)
  • 11. Cut cookie dough into shapes with cutters of choice.
  • 12. Remove excess dough from around the cutout cookies and transfer the cookies on the parchment paper directly to a baking sheet.
  • 13. Bake for 4-5 minutes.
  • 14. Cookies should be soft with a nice crumb texture – not crispy.
  • 15. Place on a cooling rack.
  • 16. Roll out dough onto parchment and repeat steps for remaining cookies.
  • Matcha Royal Icing
  • 1. In the bowl of a stand mixer, whisk meringue powder and half of ¼ cup warm water together on medium for 2-3 minutes, until thickened and well combined.
  • 2. Switch to a paddle attachment and pour in the Aiya Matcha powder and confectioners sugar.
  • 3. Mix on medium until well incorporated to create royal icing.
  • 4. At this point the icing will be very thick. Add a few drops of the remaining warm water a few splashes at a time until the frosting is the consistency of toothpaste. This is consistency you’ll need for piping the icing onto the outside edges of the cookies.
  • 5. The color of the thick icing will be a soft Matcha green. Add more or less Matcha to achieve desired icing color.
  • 6. Then spoon out ¼ of the toothpaste-like piping icing to a tipless piping bag and tie or seal closed.
  • 7. Add the rest of the warm water to the remaining royal icing and mix on medium until thoroughly combined. The consistency of this icing should be runny.
  • 8. The thinned out icing is for flooding the cookies.
  • 9. If you run a spatula through the icing it should take 5-6 seconds for any lines in the icing to disappear. That’s when you know it’s ready!
  • 10. If the flood icing is still too thick add additional drops of water one at a time and mix in between to achieve the desired icing consistency. Note that a little bit of water goes a long way!
  • 11. Transfer flood icing to a piping bag and immediately seal closed so it doesn’t dry out.
  • Decorating the Cookies
  • 1. Place fully cooled cookies on a piece of parchment or a clean working surface.
  • 2. Snip the tip off the outline icing piping-bag.
  • 3. Slowly outline the edges of each cookie with the paste like Matcha icing.
  • 4. Then snip the tip off the flood icing-bag.
  • 5. Squeeze the thin flood icing onto each cookie using a toothpick or scribe to spread it evenly around the surface of the cookie, until fully covered in icing.
  • 6. Quickly poke away any air bubbles you find using a toothpick or scribe.
  • 7. Repeat steps so all cookies are fully covered in icing.
  • 8. Gently set each flooded cookie aside to dry. (Drying takes approximately 60 – 90 minutes.)
  • 9. Then details can be added with thick outline icing.
  • 10. Once cookies have dried, add the decorative details.
  • 11. For ghosts add black eyes and outline the edges of the flooded cookie with thick icing. For pumpkins, use small star tips and thick piped icing to make rosettes.
  • 12. Finish with a dusting of edible glitter, or Matcha powder.
  • 13. Allow two hours to fully dry.
  • 14. Enjoy!
  • 15. Store completed cookies in an airtight container for up to 3 days or freeze for up to 6 months.

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