So to continue with the green tea series because it helps with lowering LDL cholesterol and other unhealthy things, the next recipe I am sharing with you guys are my favourite green tea cookies.  I made them during a bake sale, and it was a hit! Hope all of you will enjoy it as much as others who bought it at the bake sale during my first year in university.

Ingredients
- 100g flour
- 60g butter
- 30g raw sugar
- 1 yolk
- 1/2 tsp baking powder
- 2 tbsp green tea powder


Preparation
1. Sift the plain flour and the baking powder in a large bowl
2.  Preheat oven to 180C for 10 minutes.


Method
1. Dice the butter into small cubes. Freeze for 15 minutes.  Take out from the fridge and add in raw sugar, plain flour and baking powder
2. Rub into the flour until butter is coated with plain flour and raw sugar.  Add in beaten yolk and blend well
3. Pour in green tea powder; stir with a rubber spatula.
4. Wrap the dough in with a piece of greaseproof paper and roll into stick-shaped.  Chill for at least 1 hour with firm.*
5. Take the dough out from the fridge and slice it into 0.7 cm pieces.  Place them in the baking tray.  Bake for 15-20 minutes at 180C.  Then take the cookies out and cool on a wire rack.  Store in an air-tiht glassware.


*Chill the dough to make the cookies crispier