Matcha Vanilla Cookies

Matcha Vanilla Cookies

(20 small cookies)

I’m starting my second year of college in 2 weeks and the last few days have been busy baking, developing new recipes and making shootings since I don’t expect having too much time during my firsts months of college. It is quite strange in me, but this year I'm really excited and eager to start, sounds weird but I miss the lab in some way it reminds me of cooking… I guess it’s because the first year of college is usually not what one expects, at least in science degrees, it is rather introductory, it’s not until you’ve reached second year that you start moving on to what you have been looking forward so I’m really exited to begin!

Sooo today I made matcha funfetty cookies! These cookies are crispy on the outside and soft on the inside aren’t they cute??

Ingredients

- 1 ¼ cup all-purpose flour

- ½ cup granulated sugar

- ¼ cup vegetable oil

- 1 egg

- 1 ½ tablespoons matcha powder

- 1 teaspoon vanilla extract

- ½ teaspoon baking powder

Directions

1 – On a bowl combine flour, matcha powder and baking powder.

2 – On a separate bowl, mix the eggs with the sugar and afterwards add the oil.

3 – Gradually add the flour to the previous mixture and combine all the ingredients using a spatula.

4 – Cover the dough with plastic wrap and place it on the freezer for 40 minutes.

5 – Take the dough out of the fridge and roll it into approximately 20 walnut size rolls.

6 – Place them on a prepared baking sheet and flatten each one of them using a fork.

8 – Bake them in a preheated oven at 180°C for 15 minutes and once they’re out of the oven place them on a wire rack and allow them to cool completely.

Whole-Wheat Fig Newtons

Whole-Wheat Fig Newtons (14 Newtons)

It’s been a long time since I first came with the idea of making newtons, but I don’t know really why I always chose another type of cookie rather than newtons.  I must say I had not tasted them never before because here in Spain they are not that popular so it’s not the kind of cookie you can find in the supermarket.

Yesterday I finally decided to make them, and I loved the way they came out! They where crunchy on the outside and had a soft and chewy fig filling mmm… The only problem now is that I couldn’t stop eating them, I was lucky my friends also loved them so I didn’t end up eating the whole batch just by myself!

Ingredients

Newtons

- ½ cup all-purpose flour

- ½ cup whole wheat flour

- ⅓ cup sugar

- ¼ cup vegetable oil or butter

- 1 egg

- ½ teaspoon baking powder

Fig filling

- ⅓ cup water

- 300g dried figs

Directions

Newtons

1 – Preheat the oven at 175°C.

2 – On a bowl combine flour and baking powder.

3 – On a separate bowl, mix the eggs with the sugar and then add the oil.

4 – Gradually add the flour to the previous mixture and combine all the ingredients with a spatula or by hand.

5 – Roll the dough into a rectangle and cut that rectangle again to make about 2 or 3 rectangles of about 4 × 12 inches.

6 – Spread the fig mixture along the center of the rectangle and first fold one side of the dough onto the fig mixture and then fold the other side on top of the first one.

7 – Carefully place the filled dough to a baking sheet and bake them for about 15 minutes or until the edges turn slightly brown.

8 – Once they’re out of the oven cut them into 14 pieces.

Fig filling

1 – Put the water on a pan and once it’s boiling add the figs.

2 – Take out the figs once they have absorbed all of the water, afterwards, blend them and let the mixture cool a bit before using it.