Simple Sesame-Scented Matcha Shortbread.
You can have Simple Sesame-Scented Matcha Shortbread using 10 ingredients and 11 steps. Here is how you achieve it.
Ingredients of Simple Sesame-Scented Matcha Shortbread
- Prepare 70 grams of ○ Cake flour.
- It's 20 grams of ○ Almond flour.
- It's 1 of half 1 pinch ○ Salt.
- Prepare 1 tsp of ○ Matcha (sugar-free).
- It's 2 tsp of Black sesame seeds.
- Prepare 2 tsp of White sesame seeds.
- You need 50 grams of Unsalted butter (or cultured unsalted butter).
- Prepare 25 grams of Powdered sugar.
- It's 1 tsp of Heavy cream.
- It's 1 of Crystal sugar.
Simple Sesame-Scented Matcha Shortbread instructions
- Mix together the ○ ingredients and sift twice..
- Take a separate bowl, and put in the butter and sugar. Cream with an electric whisk (I quadrupled the recipe in the photo)..
- Pour the heavy cream into Step 2 and combine well. Then add the sifted dry ingredients from Step 1, and the black and white sesame seeds. Mix well with a cutting motion to form a dough..
- Wrap in cellophane. Roll into a 3-4 diameter cylinder that's 18-20 cm long..
- Chill in the fridge for at least 3 hours. Alternatively, you can freeze the dough for future use at this stage (will last for up to 2 weeks)..
- Once cooled, roll the dough in granulated sugar to coat and restore its cylindrical shape. Cut into 1 - 1.5cm thick slices..
- Bake in an oven preheated to 170℃ (160℃ for gas ovens) for 13–15 minutes. Adjust the baking time and temperature to your oven..
- Fresh from the oven Leave them to cool down on a wire rack, and store in an air-tight container to prevent them from going stale..
- The listed quantities yield a small number of cookies per batch, so you can try making a variety of different flavours at once. All the different colours look great together..
- For a cherry-blossom version, see. https://cookpad.com/us/recipes/144200-cherry-blossom-scented-icebox-cookies.
- For a chocolate version, see. https://cookpad.com/us/recipes/144179-crunchy-chocolate-icebox-cookies.
