Green tea cookies

Of the three desserts I made for our block party last month, these were hands down, the favorite. Nary a cookies was left after the first hour and I saw a few adults sneaking 2-3 cookies each. They are a simple butter sable with green tea powder added and it is like green tea ice cream in a cookie format. As usual my recipe is straight from Food and Wine.

flour, sugar, butter, salt, soda, and matcha

cream your butter

then add your sugar and blend

add in green tea powder (it is very powdery so be aware)

then blend in salt, soda, and flour

wrap in a ball and refrigerate until chilled

roll out dough on floured surface

cut into fun shapes

and bake until the edges just start to brown

eat with friends

Delicious!

Gingerbread cookies

Merry Christmas!

Cookies, cookies, cookies! By the end of the holidays I feel like the cookie monster. I make at least 4 different types to give away in large amounts, along with numerous batches of toffee, and peanut butter fudge. The gingerbread cookies are my second favorite, the first being pecan sandies which I didn't take any pictures of this year. I love to decorate the gingerbread with royal icing, which is just an egg white, squeeze of lemon juice, and a boatload of sifted powdered sugar, and maybe some fancy food coloring without any chemical or fdc colors. This recipe is a mashup of the one I cut out of food and wine and the one in my 1960s better homes. You can see all my markings on the recipe in the picture below.

let's see - shortening, molasses, brown sugar, flour, baking soda, butter,
an egg, cloves, ginger, vanilla, cinnamon, salt, and vinegar

mix your salt and spices with your flour and soda

cream your butter, molasses, and sugar

add egg, shortening, vanilla, and vinegar

add dry to wet and pulse to combine, then have your tasters taste

wrap up and refrigerate at least 3 hours

roll out dusting with flour to desired thickness (I like mine thin)

cut out your shapes

bake at 375 from 7-15 minutes depending on thickness and humidity

let cool completely

then decorate

and enjoy

Super yummy in my tummy.

Sugar cookies

Mmm cookies! I really don't have as many sweets as savories on this sight because my middle child is a sugar addict and I can't make them as much as I would like. He will not be settled until the sweets are completely gone and mostly in his tummy. So although we love them, we don't make them as much. These are one of my holiday time only cookies. It took me years and years to find a sugar cookie recipe that I like. It couldn't be too sweet since it would be decorated, but not too dry or floury, but it needed to taste good. I finally found one in food and wine that, I surprisingly enough, have only made one change to.

vanilla, salt, butter, sugar, flour, lemon zest, and an egg yolk

mix your flour and salt and process your sugar until super fine

cream sugar with butter then add egg yolk, vanilla, and lemon zest

add dry mix and pulse to just combine

wrap and refrigerate ~1hour

roll out using flour sparingly

cut your shapes

bake 10-12 minutes, until edges just start to brown

some with sprinkles for giving, some plain

have a party and decorate

Kids love to paint things!