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Thursday 9 June 2016

Matcha Black Sesame Vanilla Sandwich Cookies

 

I love Matcha! This cookie not only uses matcha, it also incorporate deliciously healthy ingredients such as black sesame and almond meal. I realized that almond meal helps to bring out the flavour of matcha more than compared to just using plain flour in a cookie.  

The cookies are not too sweet as matcha powder do tame down the sweetness. The added vanilla filling, gave a boost to the flavour and texture.


I wanted to add adzuki beans to the vanilla filling but my children have not acquire a taste for it. So, it was omitted. It would have been a very classic Japanese flavour combination though. (Well...there will be a next time.)   
 

Let's start making this delicious cookie!    

Matcha Black Sesame Vanilla Sandwich Cookies
(makes 32 sandwich cookies) Adapted from Chopstick Chronicles
Ingredients
100g unsalted butter, room temperature
100g caster sugar
2 egg yolks
60g almond meal
200g organic unbleached all purpose flour
2 tsp matcha powder
1 Tbsp black sesame seeds

Vanilla filling
25g unsalted butter, room temperature
1/2 tsp vanilla paste
3 - 4 Tbsp confectioner's sugar

Steps to cookies:
  • Cream butter and sugar till light and fluffy.
  • Mix in egg yolks, one at a time, and mix till well incorporated.
  • Mix in almond meal and sieved flour and matcha powder until a dough is formed. Do not over mix after you add in the flour. Mix till the dough just comes together.
  • Divide the dough into 2 equal portions, roll them into long logs. Forming a round shape or square shape log. Warp the logs in baking paper or plastic wrap. 
  • Refrigerate for 30 minutes until firm. 
  • Preheat oven to 180 degrees C (360 degrees F).
  • Cut the logs into 5mm slices and place on a baking tray lined with baking paper. Bake them for 13 minutes or until edge of cookies are lightly golden brown. 
  • Allow the cookies to cool before filling them.

Steps to filling:
  • Mix vanilla paste into the butter till it forms a uniform mixture. Add in sugar, one tablespoon at a time, until the mixture comes together like a soft Playdoh texture.
  • Spread 1 tsp of filling on one cookie and place another on it to form a sandwich cookie. 
Notes:
  • I would slice my cookies thinner to 5mm slices.

Other recipes that uses matcha:
Matcha Sable Viennois


Dark Chocolate Matcha Cake
 
Matcha Snowskin Moon Cake


Matcha Stamped Cookies



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