Green Tea Cookies

Have not baked any cookies for a long time but felt like having something crispy/crunchy and aromatic with coffee for tea break today. So I made green tea cookies without any planning ahead. My brain wasn't tuned in to baking today, so I just used my favourite butter cookie recipe and added whatever I could find in my pantry. Ended up adding green tea powder and almond nibs to the basic recipe. Fifteen minutes in the oven and the room is filled with the fragrance of baked cookies. Can you resist the temptation? Bon appetit!




Ingredients:
80g butter (room temperature)
75g icing sugar
1/4 tsp salt
1 egg (room temperature)

Green tea dough:
100g cake flour + 1/4 tsp baking powder
1 - 1.5 tsp green tea powder
1.5 tbsp almond powder
50g nibbed almonds

Butter dough:
110g cake flour + 1/4 tsp baking powder
1 tbsp milk powder

Method:
1. Cream butter with icing sugar and salt till light and fluffy.
2. Add in the egg and beat till well blended. Divide this butter mixture into 2 equal portions of about 98g -100g each.
3. Add the ingredients for the two doughs into the divided butter mixture and mix till a soft dough is formed.
4. Put the respective dough pieces into freezer/plastic bags and flatten the dough peices with a rolling pin to about 3mm thick. Chill the dough for 45 minutes.
5. Cut dough with a cookie cutter and play around with any designs using your imagination.
6. Bake at 180C for 20 minutes or till golden brown.

Notes:
Aiyah! Don't ask me how many pieces of cookies I made. I really don't know 'cos I made several combo of designs and left some dough for my kids to play around with.