Formula:
- 1 three/four cups all-cause flour, plus extra for dusting
- 2 tablespoons matcha (green tea powder)
- 1/2 teaspoon baking powder
- 1/four teaspoon salt
- 1 1/2 sticks (12 tablespoons) unsalted butter, at room temperature
- 1 cup granulated sugar
- 1 sizable egg
- 1/four teaspoon pure almond extract
- Impolite sugar, for sprinkling
Instructions:
- Trek the flour, matcha, baking powder and salt in a medium bowl. Beat the butter and granulated sugar in a extensive bowl with a mixer on medium-excessive stride till light and fluffy, about three minutes. Beat in the egg and almond extract till blended. In the discount of the mixer stride to low and beat in the flour combination till true incorporated. Flip out the dough onto a extensive sheet of plastic wrap; form into a disk. Wrap and refrigerate till agency, about 1 hour.
- Quandary racks in the upper and decrease thirds of the oven; preheat to 325 degrees F. Line 2 baking sheets with parchment paper. Roll out the dough till 1/four tear thick on a evenly floured flooring. Lower out cookies with a 1 1/2- to 2-tear fluted round cookie cutter or biscuit cutter. Reroll the scraps once and in the discount of out extra cookies. Arrange about 1 1/2 inches aside on the ready baking sheets. Sprinkle generously with frightening sugar. Refrigerate till agency, about Quarter-hour.
- Bake, switching the pans midway thru, till the cookies are agency but now now not browned, 17 to 20 minutes. Let cool fully on the baking sheets.