Whenever the Enthusiastic Kitchen Elf wants to make rolled cookies, we start with Aunt Tiffy's Sugar Cookies. Then D puts his own twist on it. This time, we used zest and juice from Kaffir limes. Click to read about them: here. This is how they look...
And he added some matcha green tea powder to make them green. It made a pretty, grass-colored dough, but when it baked it was faded and muted. Still they tasted lovely and aromatic.
- 2-3/4 C flour
- 1 t baking powder
- 1 t fleur de sel
- 3/4 C butter, softened
- 1 C organic granulated sugar
- 2 eggs
- 1 T freshly squeezed Kaffir lime juice
- zest from 1 organic Kaffir lime
- 2 t matcha green tea powder
Procedure
Sift together flour, baking powder, and salt, set aside in a bowl. In another bowl, beat butter and sugar until creamy.
Add eggs, Kaffir lime zest, Kaffir juice and mix. Gradually add flour mixture until it comes together in a ball. Finally add in the matcha powder, mixing completely.
Wrap dough in plastic wrap and chill dough for at least 2 hours. Roll out on a floured piece of parchment paper.
Place on a parchment-lined baking sheet. Bake at 400 degrees F for 9-11 minutes, depending on size of cookies. Cool completely on wire racks.
Add eggs, Kaffir lime zest, Kaffir juice and mix. Gradually add flour mixture until it comes together in a ball. Finally add in the matcha powder, mixing completely.
Wrap dough in plastic wrap and chill dough for at least 2 hours. Roll out on a floured piece of parchment paper.
Shape them with your cutters, using flour to keep them from sticking.
Place on a parchment-lined baking sheet. Bake at 400 degrees F for 9-11 minutes, depending on size of cookies. Cool completely on wire racks.
You can glaze your cookies...or we just ate them the way they were. The Kaffir lime lent the cookies a nice, subtle taste that he didn't want to mask with more sugar.
He served these with small glasses of eggnog. Yep, it must be the holidays!
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