Do you make ‘to do’ lists? I do - sometimes several in one day. But don’t think I’m organised, because that is far from the truth. I’m a mad listmaker, from things to do today to things to do before I die, somehow a list makes everything seem more achievable.
The truth is, a lot of the time, I write things down because otherwise they will be forgotten. How else am I going to remember the name of every restaurant I want to visit in Paris or New York, every book I am interested in reading, or every recipe I want to try? It is also a way to set goals and measure their progress, break things down into chewable chunks. It’s a great rush of accomplishment when things are crossed off.
Late last year I started list of things to do in 2007, to give me some focus because I don’t do resolutions. The goals I set were many and varied, but there were quite a few culinary resolutions. One of the first things I got stuck into when the year began was goal #80, to try ten different types of tea. This has been one of my favourite things this year; discovering that chai is warming and comforting, lemon tea is soothing during the autumn/winter flu season, and green tea is refreshing and delicious.
I fell in love when I saw Keiko’s and Fanny’s posts about these gorgeous green tea cookies. Thanks Fanny for pointing the way to the recipe at Lovescool. I could finally make these lovely shortbread cookies at home. Although finding matcha tea in Sydney was a bit of a challenge!
These cookies are a wonderful shade of green, like spring. They seemed quite appropriate this morning as I looked out the window and saw raindrops on green leaves. The tea flavour is subtle but gives the cookies a fresh, happy taste. No wonder Amai won the Best Bakery Recipe! I won’t publish the recipe here, but point the way over to Kelli’s post at Lovescool. This is a really great blog, and I wish Kelli all the best with Amai.
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What a gorgeous blog! Beautiful to look at, and how generous of you to include so many lovely recipes, I am really looking forwqrd to trying some of them out. Thank you!
Thank you so much for your lovely comment! Hope you enjoy the recipes :)
I made the same cookies not long ago too! Aren't they lovely? I like the shape of your cookies, did you use a cookie cutter?
It was a little diamond shaped cutter because I didn't have anything remotely leaf-shaped. They were so good, definitely my new favourite cookie :)
Where in Sydney did you buy the matcha?
I found it at Thai Kee supermarket in Chinatown. It was about $7 I think.
hey its exciting dude I’ve wanted to ask this, so I’ll do it now: The recipes you post on here, are they your own creations? And, how do you suggest one come up with new recipes?
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Hi Lisa,
I'm a real noob when it comes to baking/cooking, are these matcha cookies supposed to be hard and crunchy throughout or crunchy on the outside but soft and chewy on the inside? Because I can't figure out whether I've underbaked or overbaked them, haha.
Thanks!
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