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Amai’s Green Tea Sweet recipe is a finalist in the Best Bakery Recipe category for Pastryscoop.com’s Golden
Scoop Awards. The three finalists in the category will compete in a blind taste test on June 14, and the winner
will be announced on June 18, 2007 in an awards ceremony at the French Culinary Institute. I am so honored to
be included as a finalist, and can’t wait to see the other recipes included in the category. I submitted the recipe
for fun, but didn’t seriously consider being a finalist/winner. It feels good to be recognized as a chef. In my mind
I’m still a computer nerd.
In honor of this award, I’d like to share the recipe with all Lovescool readers. Now you can make your very own
Green Tea Sweets. Don’t worry, you can still buy them online if you don’t feel like baking. If you do make this
recipe, please let me know how it turns out in your kitchen. I submitted the professional size batch to
Pastryscoop, and I scaled it down for home kitchens for this post. I’d love some help with testing.
Ingredients
Yield (2” leaf shape): Approx 25
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Directions
Preheat the oven to 350F. Line a sheet pan with parchment paper.
Whisk the confectioner’s sugar and green tea together in a bowl.
Add the butter and green tea/sugar mixture to the bowl of a stand mixer fitted with the paddle attachment.
Mix until smooth and light in color.
Add the flour and mix until well combined.
Add the egg yolks and mix just until the eggs are fully incorporated and a mass forms.
Form the dough into a disk and chill in the refrigerator until firm (about 30 minutes).
Roll the dough out to ½” thickness.
Cut the dough with a leaf cookie cutter.
Toss each cut cookie in a bowl of granulated sugar to coat.
Place the sugar-coated cookie on a parchment lined pan. Bake at 350F for 12-15 minutes, or until slightly
golden around the edges.
Baker’s Note: You can purchase Matcha (powdered green tea) from Asian grocery stores or specialty tea shops.
In NYC try McNulty’s Tea House, Ito-En or you can order baking grade matcha online. The higher quality
matcha you use, the brighter green the cookies will be. Store the cookies in a tin or other container that blocks
out sunlight to preserve the color. The green color will fade when exposed to sunlight.
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- fanny
Congratulations Kel! You may be a computer nerd, but you are also becoming quite an accomplished pastry
chef. I’m very proud of you.
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Congratulations! Very exciting. And thank you so much for posting the recipe for the delicious cookies! I will
bake some up as soon as I can.
Amai Tea & Bake House says on May 17th, 2007 at 6:49 pm:
[...] The recipe for Green Tea Sweets is a 2007 GoldenScoop Award finalist for Best Bakery Recipe! Winners
will be annouced in a ceremony at New York City’s French Culinary Institute on June 18, 2007. RSS [...]
Just made the cookies last night and they are a winner! Thank you so much for sharing the recipe.
These look absolutely delicious. It surely is a winner recipe. Look at this refreshing color! I have to try them!
Knitter in the Kitchen » If You Like Green Tea Ice-Cream... says on June 22nd, 2007 at 3:56 pm:
[...] …then I highly recommend trying the Green Tea Sweets recipe so kindly provided by Kelli of Amai Tea and
Bake House! [...]
Hi Kelli,
I’m making these right now - the dough is currently resting in the fridge.
And I have to say something! I feel that these shortbreads are gonna be the best shortbreads ever. The dough
simply is delicious (I’m sure I won’t get 25 cookies because I probably ate half of the raw dough). I can’t wait…
I’ll tell you how they turn out. Hope I or my oven won’t screw everything because at the moment it looks very
promising.
Love xxx
- fanny
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Hi (again) Kelli,
so the shortbreads turned out beautifully. I love how they keep their shape.
The taste is lovely - at first I was slightly intimidated to put 1.5tbsp of matcha tea but it was just the right
amount.
Love xxx
- fanny
Biscotti al tè matcha [because you can!] | il cavoletto di bruxelles says on July 26th, 2007 at 7:29 am:
[...] Trattasi della classica ricetta bloggoroico-virale, di quelle che come sono spuntate fuori hanno iniziato a
girare la blogosfera… Nella fattispecie, questi Green tea sweets sono opera di Kelli (e se ho capito bene li
commercializza pure, sotto il marchio Amai, insieme a una mini collezione di altri biscottini al tè), solo che io
non li ho scoperti lì bensi da Fanny, la quale ci festeggiava il secondo compleanno del suo (bellissimo!) blog.
Insomma, è stata una classica reazione à la ‘questi li devo assolutamente fare’. [...]
I’m so glad you liked them Julie and Fanny. You can always double the recipe next time and have more to bake
off (without giving up the dough :)). Thanks for letting us know how they turned out.
Oh Kelli! Thank you! I so adore this shortbread cookies! I shall immediately try them this weekend. I found out
via Foodbeam, fanny’s site that you published the recipe. It is so generous of you.
Hi Kelli, i couldn’t resist but make these adorable and oh so delicious cookies.
Okay, I made them and they were delicious! Thank you so much!
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Thank you for this receipe, I made them with verry success (sorry for my bad english).
miam,miam..délicieux biscuits!!
I tried out this recipe yesterday and it was really delicious. Thanks for the generousity in sharing this wonderful
recipe.
I just may be good at it…. « La Yucateca says on August 14th, 2007 at 5:32 pm:
[...] So, needless to say that when I made These I really, really, really wanted them to come out good.
Something about them just drew me to try it. So I took the plunge….and you know…they were perfect.
Perfectly sweet, but not too sweet. Perfectly green tee-ish, but not too green tee-ish. Crisp and crumbly, but not
too crisp and crumbly. Not to mention they are so beautiful. [...]
MMMMmmmm!
Matcha cookies.
These were so good! Mine weren’t as pretty as yours, but they tasted absolutely delicious. Thanks for the recipe!
http://archaeobaking.blogspot.com/2007/08/mmmgreen.html
Hola Kelli.
Felicidades por tu magnifica receta están deliciosas. Tienen un premio muy merecido
Las hice ayer y nos gustaron muchísimo.
Aquí tienes la prueba
http://lodecarlosvalencia.blogspot.com/2007/09/galletas.html
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These cookies were gorgeous, thank you for sharing your recipe!
http://spicyicecream.blogspot.com/2007/09/gorgeous-green.html
I made it too! Thanks a million for the recipe! It’s here: http://novice-baker.blogspot.com/2007/09/matcha-
again.html
And I made them, too. Thank you for a great recipe, Kelli!
My version is here: http://nami-nami.blogspot.com/2007/11/loveschools-lovely-matcha-cookies.html
I tried out this cookie. It was wonderful. I din coat the cookie with castor sugar b4 baking. Something different
for a change. Thanks for the recipe, Kelli.
Green tea cookie recipe | The Wonders of Green Tea says on February 16th, 2008 at 10:29 am:
[...] Tea Cookies (adapted with very minor variations from Lovescool/Amai Tea & Bake House) 3/4 C (2.25 oz)
confectioners sugar 5 oz unsalted butter (5/8 C, or 1 and 1/4 stick), straight from the fridge, cut into 1 tbsp slices
1 3/4 C (8.5 oz) all-purpose flour 3 large egg yolks (save the whites to make tuiles or macarons) 1 1/2 tbsp
ground tea of your choosing 1 C granulated sugar (for coating) [...]
Green Tea Sweetheart « e’s joie says on March 9th, 2008 at 6:59 am:
[...] This recipe I am trying is the winner for Best Bakery Recipe category for Pastryscoop.com’s Golden Scoop
Awards last year. It’s definitely a refreshing change from the usual cookies. I thot this will be a one-off bake but
I do like the light aroma during the baking and the cookie taste really good, it has a melt-in-the mouth texture.
[...]
Special Thai Shopping Mall says on March 20th, 2008 at 5:10 am:
Thanks for the recipe. I love your website and cookies. Welcome to My website
http://www.Nitcharee2Thailand.com/?lang=en
Bernie makes Matcha Cookies! « Bernetti’s! says on March 29th, 2008 at 7:54 am:
[...] Anyway, I happened to come across a post in bakebakebake on Livejournadl about matcha cookies last year,
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and so many people raved about it. I replied to that post mentioning about baking some soon, but that ’soon’
turned into about 5 months later. Finally decided to make them as there was not much matcha left in the pantry
to make another round of matcha cupcakes. This recipe comes from lovescool, the original creator of Green Tea
Sweets. [...]
Lovescool - For the Love of Dessert » Blog Archive » Peace, Love and Matcha says on March 29th, 2008 at
11:44 am:
[...] If you want to try your own, here’s a link to the original post with the recipe. [...]
Bernie makes Matcha Cookies! « I’ll do it for cookies! says on March 29th, 2008 at 10:55 pm:
shifting perspectives « Gluten-Free Goodness says on March 30th, 2008 at 3:53 pm:
[...] After some searching I decided to use Elana’s Butter Cookies, taking into account Lovescool’s Green Tea
Sweets, which is cross-linked all over the web,and create some gluten-free tea cookies. As I searched for my
base recipes, I discovered that tea cookies could be made with any tea; all I had to do was grind the tea to a fine
powder and experiment. The white chai tea I had recently purchased, quickly came to mind and I knew I had to
try it. [...]
Ok, so I know this is a bit belated, but I just went to an online shop that you recommended and I wanted to say
thank you SO much, they have so many things that I have been looking for! Thank you for helping me heighten
my baking You rock!
Kelli, it was so surprising and great to actually meet you - and try your very delicious green tea cookies - at
Amai earlier this month!
Greetings from sunny Estonia!!
lemonpi » Daring Bakers Challenge : Filbert Gateau with praline buttercream says on July 29th, 2008 at 4:30
pm:
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[...] The whole concept of a layer cake is genius. The cake itself is almost nothing more than a vehicle for the
copious amounts of flavoured buttercream and glaze involved. I’ve never been too much of a buttercream fan,
but I love making cakes for others, so was only too happy to attempt this recipe in the name of the Daring
Bakers. The recipe for this cake is rather lengthy, so I have decided not to include it. However, you should be
able to find it on Chris’ blog. The recipe for green tea biscuits can be found here. [...]
I’ve been meaning to try out Kelli’s omnipresent Matcha Shortcake recipe for a long time now - and since they
are supposed to have a nice green color, I said to myself: "Hey! Why not make Midori…
thanks for the recipe- i made the cookies today and they were fab!
Bernie makes Matcha Cookies! « Beaten & Baked says on November 7th, 2008 at 4:24 am:
thank you for sharing! I am a beginner and made mine yesterday. Maybe I used an electric hand mixer instead of
the stand mixer with a paddle attachment; or I didn’t mix my butter well enough. My dough was very dry that it
couldn’t form the dough. I had to add an extra whole egg to make it sticky enough to become a dough. The
cookies turned out great. I will try adding a bit more matcha next time to intense the flavor. Thank you!
I love this recipe. THe color of the dough is such a beautiful shade of green. I added some organge flavored
granulated sugar to coat mine and loved the results. I took a photo you can check it out on my blog. THanks so
much for sharing this Keli!
http://symphonioussweets.blogspot.com/
Thank you so much for sharing this wonderful recipe. I like these cookies very much!
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Hi there~
I made these cookies and followed the recipe as stated. My batter turned out dark green not “light in color”. I
used the 1 1/2 tablespoons and found it was way too overpowering once they were baked. They turned out
exactly like the picture. Had they not had too much matcha pawder in them and maybe used 1 teaspoon they
would have been edible. My husband and I gagged after eating these and thoght they looked and tasted like dog
biscuits.
A good recipe would have a nice balance of ingredients. This one asked for too much green tea making the
results inedible. I threw away these cookies. Disgusting.
Lisa - You should try it again with less matcha, if you prefer. Think of it like a spice that can be adjusted to your
personal preference. I also wonder what kind of matcha you used. There are many different grades that have
very different taste/color.
Hey Lisa,
Did you bother to read thee Baker’s Note? It said, “The higher quality matcha you use, the brighter green the
cookies will be.”
Isn’t it sad that you’ve already had the experience of eating dog biscuits to actually know how they taste like? I
don’t believe for a moment that you threw away those cookies. I think you really liked how they turned out,
beacuse you eat dog biscuits. Cut out the drama, sister, and get real.
hi, i just came across your recipe!! it sounds YUMMY and very rich with green tea…i can’t wait to try it!
However, any idea if the effect will be ok if i half the butter?
hi. just wanted to say that i used your recipe and made my own version. thanks for such a great recipe! i gave a
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The recipe sounds delicious, but i could only yeild about 8 cookies….
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