For 20 sweets biscuits, you will need:
- 1
1 2⁄3 cup flour - 2
2⁄3 cup butter - 3
2⁄3 cup caster sugar - 4
1 egg - 5
1 tablespoon powdered cocoa - 6
1 tablespoon Matcha green tea powder
Change these quantities to make: 10 sweets biscuits 20 sweets biscuits 40 sweets biscuits 60 sweets biscuits
How long does it take?
Time required for this recipe:
| Preparation | Resting | Cooking | Start to finish |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 hour 5 min. | 1 hour 45 min. | 10 min. | 3 hours |
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Step by step recipe
Stage 1 - 5 min.
Stage 2 - 5 min.
Mix on slow speed until the dough is smooth and even.
Stage 3 - 5 min.
Remove half the dough. Add 1 tablespoon powdered cocoa to what is left.
Start the motor again and knead until the dough is evenly coloured.
Start the motor again and knead until the dough is evenly coloured.
Stage 4 - 5 min.
Form the dough into a flat cake and wrap in stretch plastic film. Put in the fridge for 1 or 2 hours.
Stage 5 - 10 min.
Put the other half of the dough in the food-proccessor bowl and add 1 tablespoon Matcha green tea powder.
Start the motor again and knead until the dough is evenly coloured.
Start the motor again and knead until the dough is evenly coloured.
Stage 6 - 1 hour
Form the dough into a flat cake and wrap in stretch plastic film. Put in the fridge for 1 or 2 hours.
Stage 7 - 10 min.
Then roll out both cakes of dough into 2 large and fairly thin rectangles.
Stage 8 - 5 min.
Remove any remaining flour from the dough (with a soft brush, for example) and moisten the top of each rectangle using a pastry brush. This is so that the 2 pieces of dough will stick together.
Stage 9 - 3 min.
Place one rectangle on top of the other with the moistened sides together. Press gently with the rolling pin to help them stick.
Stage 10 - 2 min.
Moisten the face which is now on top.
Stage 11 - 3 min.
Trim the short edge of the rectangle nice and straight to give you a clean start.
Stage 12 - 2 min.
Then roll up the dough tightly...
Stage 13 - 5 min.
...right to the end.
Roll under your hands to even up the shape and seal the seam well.
Roll under your hands to even up the shape and seal the seam well.
Stage 14 - 45 min.
Place the roll on a baking sheet and put in the freezer for 45 minutes. This is to firm up the dough and make it easier to slice.
Stage 15 - 5 min.
Preheat the oven to 180°C (360°F).
After 45 minutes, Cut the roll of dough into slices 0.5 or 1 cm thick.
After 45 minutes, Cut the roll of dough into slices 0.5 or 1 cm thick.
Stage 16 - 10 min.
Arrange these on a baking sheet and bake for about 10 minutes.
Stage 17
Leave to cool on a wire rack.
Remarks
As always with shortbread-style biscuits, it is important not to overcook them. They should still be slightly yielding and not completely hard and dry.
You can vary this recipe however you wish, using flavours other than chocolate and matcha, so use your imagination. I have a little weakness myself for lemon and pistachio.
You can vary this recipe however you wish, using flavours other than chocolate and matcha, so use your imagination. I have a little weakness myself for lemon and pistachio.
Keeping
A few days in an airtight tin.
Nutritional information
| Whole recipe | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Energetic value | Proteins | Carbohydrates | Fats |
| 2,441 Kcal or 10,220 Kj | 33 gr | 317 gr | 116 gr |
| 122 % | 13 % | 30 % | 18 % |
| Per 100 g | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Energetic value | Proteins | Carbohydrates | Fats |
| 424 Kcal or 1,775 Kj | 6 gr | 55 gr | 20 gr |
| 21 % | 2 % | 5 % | 3 % |
| Per sweet biscuits | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Energetic value | Proteins | Carbohydrates | Fats |
| 122 Kcal or 511 Kj | 2 gr | 16 gr | 6 gr |
| 6 % | 1 % | 1 % | 1 % |
How much will it cost?
- For 20 sweets biscuits : 4.50 €
- Per sweet biscuits : 0.23 €
Note : These prices are only approximate.
Source
Home made.
This recipe uses (among others)
 | Flour: You can get more informations, or check-out other recipes which use it, for example: Arizona cupcakes, Shortcrust pastry (pâte brisée), Rum babas, Sandwich bread, Nanou's chocolate cake, ... All |
 | Butter: You can get more informations, or check-out other recipes which use it, for example: Plain cake, Kouign-amann, Craquelin (sweet cracker dough), Spinach and Comté Loaf, French onion soup, ... All |
 | Caster sugar: You can get more informations, or check-out other recipes which use it, for example: Nanou's apple and almond cake, Cooking sugar, Hazelnut and orange cake, Fruit crumble, Nanou's chocolate cake, ... All |
 | Powdered cocoa: You can check-out other recipes which use it, like for example: Little chocolate and hazelnut fondants, Pistachio tiramisu, Black Forest gateau, Chocolate cake, Moist chocolate cake, ... All |
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