The best and brightest green cookie using matcha in case you are looking for a fun st. patrick’s day dessert. I love a fun holiday-themed cookie and the matcha powder makes these very colorful. They are a bit like shortbread in the best possible way.
PrintPeppermint Matcha Shamrock Cookies
A green cookie just in time for St. Patrick’s Day! I bought the Matcha Powder at Whole Foods and the addition of Peppermint in both the cookie dough and the glaze makes them the perfect Springtime cookie! And you can adjust the mint flavors by adding as much peppermint as you like!
Ingredients
- 1/2 cup salted butter at room temperature
- 2/3 cup sugar sugar
- 1 egg
- 1/2 teaspoon vanilla extract
- 6 drops Peppermint Vitality Essential Oil or 1/2 teaspoon peppermint extract. Decrease amount if you don’t like it too strong.
- 4 teaspoons matcha powder
1/2 cups all-purpose flour
Instructions
- Using a hand or stand mixer, add the butter and sugar and cream until light and fluffy, about 2-3 minutes.
- Add in the egg, vanilla, and peppermint vitality essential oil and beat until everything is incorporated.
- Sift in the matcha powder and flour and mix until combined.
- Dump the mixture onto a large piece of parchment paper and form into a disc. Wrap up the disc in parchment paper and refrigerate for 30 minutes.
- Preheat oven to 350°F.
Using a rolling pin, roll out the disc to ¼” inch thickness and cut out shapes. - Place cookies onto a baking sheet lined with parchment paper. Bake the cookies at 350°F for 10 minutes. Do not overbake.
- Remove and cool on the baking sheet for 5 minutes before transferring to a cooling rack to cool completely before decorating.
- Make a glaze and drizzle over the cookies
Notes
For Glaze:
Confectioners sugar, peppermint essential oil, and a little water or milk to make a glaze that you can drizzle over the top.
2. This poster by Graphic designer Amanda Jane Jones
Make Love Not War art by Amanda Jane Jones is available via The House Lars Built Shop. 100% of net profits from the download will go to International Rescue Committee. (IRC) to help with Ukraine Relief.
@amandajanejones @thehousethatlarsbuilt
3. 5 ways to wear green on st. patrick’s day
While linking the Make Love Not Wat poster above, I saw this article from The House Lars Built. So if you don’t have anything green to wear, she has some fun crafty ideas!
4. I’ll be making this pasta when I return home
Or maybe I should say Brent will be making us a bowl of Spaghetti Pangrottato when we return home the London next week. As soon as I saw it, I saved it. A bowl of spaghetti tangled with seasoned bread crumbs and topped with a crispy fried egg from Smitten Kitchen.
5. Sourdough Enzo
I think I discovered Rachel of @sourdough_enzo at the beginning of the pandemic when we were all making bread. Rachel takes bread-making to an entirely new level. She makes the most beautiful loaves of sourdough bread using the scoring method, and intricate seed designs. On her Instagram, she has highlights with her recipes, tools, tips & tricks, starter care, and shaping. Even if you don’t make bread, watching Rachel making bread is both soothing and entertaining.
I wish I had one of those brown bags filled with matcha cookies right now!!! Some great finds.
I have been enjoying your Instagram posts of London and beyond!
Those cookies not only look beautiful they sound heavenly! That pasta sounds delicious as well! Can’t wait to hear about your trip so jealous!!
Annie what a great idea for the green cookies. They sound yummy. I also love that poster… and I didn’t know about the bread. She is so talented. Hope you are having a great trip and I am enjoying following along! xo
Leave it to you to use something classy like Matcha to get that St. Patty’s day theme in – no Lucky Charms marshmallows here! So so pretty!