In short: these cookies did not turn out as planned.
Continuing with our June tea theme, I was eager to make these gorgeous swirl cookies. And after trying to eat one… I was only eager to photograph them!
I’m not sure where I went wrong. Did I get a conversion wrong? Did I mix the dough for too long? Did I not let it chill enough? Something went very wrong as I made these, and the cookies turned out… I’m not sure how to put it. They were too crumbly, had a very strange taste, and were not a delight at all to eat. But – they are beautiful!
I didn’t use matcha powder – I used regular green tea that I ground up with a mortar and pestle (which hasn’t caused me flavor problems in the past). I also substituted my vanilla paste for the vanilla pod – again, it’s have caused me issues before. So what could it have been?
I’m not sure if I’ll have the guts to try them again. So if you try them – could you let me know how it goes? Maybe let me know where I must have gone wrong? In the meantime, enjoy the pretty swirls!
Hey Lara –
For a bake sale recently I made something similar to these cookies: http://kirbiecravings.com/2010/03/matcha-green-tea-shortbread-leaves.html. The recipe I had did call for vanilla, and I used vanilla extract I had made myself from vanilla beans. (They’re not that expensive here, I could probably send you some if you want!) I also used a cheap matcha powder… and they were DELICIOUS.
Happy tea baking :)
Jamie
(ps – my favorite ice cream shop out here makes earl gray ice cream. also sometimes they make wine flavors… and it reminds me of dairy godmother!)
Nice! I should definitely try this again with the matcha powder. And I’m so glad that you’ve found a DG-like shop :) Jealous!
I would have said it was the green tea substitute instead of matcha, but if it worked out fine before, I don’t know why it wouldn’t this time. Sorry I can’t help you more – I’ve had Fanny’s escargot cookies on my to-bake list for quite some time, but haven’t actually gotten around to making them yet… if I ever do, I’ll get back to you on that!
Please do let me know how it goes! I’m eager to figure out if it was just the kind of tea I used or not :) It may just have not been sweet enough.