Matcha Strawberry Swirled Cookies

 

Simple recipe and made very pretty cookies. My youngest daughter loved this! I used 2 teaspoons of matcha powder and baked these for 9 minutes and 30 seconds.

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Ingredients

• 2 sticks butter, 1 cup
• 1/2 tsp baking powder
• 1/4 tsp baking soda
• 3/4 tsp salt
• 1 cup granulated sugar, can sub 1.5 cups powdered sugar
• 1 egg + 1 yolk
• 2 1/2 cups flour
• 1/4 cup freeze dried strawberry, blended into powder
• Optional 1 drop red food coloring
• 1 tsp matcha (used 2 tspns)
• Flour for dusting

 

Instructions

• Cream butter, baking powder, baking soda, salt, and sugar.
• Add egg and yolk and mix until homogenous
• Add flour and mix to combine into dough.
• Split dough in half. Mix strawberry powder into one half and matcha into the other.

·         Roll each color dough into a 1/4 inch thick rectangle (roughly 8×11″). Place pink rectangle on top of green rectangle and roll into a long log.

·         Wrap log in plastic wrap and leave in fridge to chill 4 hours to overnight.

·         When ready to bake, preheat oven to 350 degrees and line three baking sheets.

·         Slice cookie log into 1/4 inch thick circles. Place on baking sheets and bake for 10 minutes (baked 9 min and 30 seconds).