Matcha Cookie Trees
Matcha Cookie Trees
Matcha green tea cookie trees are easy to make using star-shaped cookies! You can even use these sweet treats to decorate your real tree! Recipe courtesy of Aiya Matcha.
Servings
4

Ingredients
- 2 cup cake or all-purpose flour
- 1 tablespoon cooking grade matcha such as aiya
- 1 teaspoon baking powder
- 4 ½ tablespoon unsalted butter, at room temperature
- 2/3 cup sugar
- 1 egg
- splash pure vanilla extract
- ¼ cup confectioners sugar
- 2 teaspoon egg whites
- frosting and sprinkles, for decoration
Directions
- Sift the flour, matcha, and baking powder together in a bowl.
- Place the butter in a bowl and, using an electric mixer, mix it until it is smooth. Add the sugar in parts (one-third to one-half at a time) until it is fully mixed into the butter and the entire mixture is white and smooth.
- Beat the egg and vanilla extract into the butter little by little. Once they are both incorporated, fold the flour mixture into it in parts (one-third to one-half at a time). When fully mixed in, wrap the dough in plastic wrap and place in the refrigerator to chill for 30 minutes.
- Preheat the oven to 360 degrees F.
- Lightly flour a working surface and roll out the dough until it is about 1/10-inch thick. Using small, medium, and large star-shaped cookie cutters, cut stars out of the dough. Place the cut out dough on a cookie sheet and bake for about 10 minutes. Allow to cool.
- In a separate bowl, mix the powdered sugar and egg whites for the icing.
- Stack the small cookies on the medium cookies on the larger cookies, using the icing as a glue to hold them together.
- Accent with any decorations you like.