Green Tea Cookie (Vegan)

Last weekend we took a short family trip to Seattle with my mom and our two kids.  We had purchased the Citypass and it was great since almost all the activities are geared towards children under 10.  Both children had a lot of fun visiting Space Needle, Seattle Aquarium, the Museum of Flight, and the Avatar exhibit at EMP Museum along with the Argosy Cruise.  As part of the package it also included a 3D IMAX movie show.  I could barely hold in my laughter when my son was reaching forward during the movie trying to grab at the virtual flower and grass.  I think Seattle is a great city to visit with little ones since there are many attractions for them to visit.

Thank you so much for being understandable about once-a-week post and thanks for your kind visits and comments on my blog despite my absence.  I appreciate your continuous support. During the early part of this vacation, I received a kind offer from Roxana, the author of A little bit of everything, to do a guest post for me!  Roxana is very talented and she has a special skill that I don’t have – yes, baking!  She bakes all kinds of bread and sweets and has been inspiring me with her delicious treats.  I’ve been dreaming of baking bread for many years now, and her recipes with clear instructions are very encouraging.  She’s a baker as well as mom of a cute little girl.  I’m so thrilled to share these delicious green tea cookies she made exclusively for readers of Just One Cookbook!  Please give a warm welcome to Roxana.

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Hello everyone.  My name is Roxana and I’m the baker, photographer and dish cleaner behind A little bit of everything.

Today I’m hijacking Nami’s blog, hope I won’t disappoint.  I’m honored to be here!  I start reading Nami’s blog a while back and I was hooked (like most of you).  Her amazing dishes with stunning photos made me come back time after time.  To be honest, I wish I was her next-door neighbor.  Hoping to change her mind and leave west coast for the east cost I’m bribing her with some green tea cookies.

Those of you that are familiar with my blog know I’m trying to go vegan, so lately I’ve been doing a lot of experiments with my new love Vegan Butter (don’t be fooled, even if it’s vegan it still has 100 calories per Tbsp).

These vegan cookies are exactly how I like them, with a crunchy edge and soft inside. Perfect with a cup of tea.  And they only call for 5 ingredients!!  Self raising flour, butter, sugar, applesauce and powdered green tea.

Just like a regular butter cookie the dry ingredients are crumbed with the butter. I usually use the food processor but this time I decided to do it by hand to have more control.  The powdered green tea added to the dry ingredients give the cookie a little zing, an Asian touch.  For a binder I used applesauce added a little at a time; use an egg yolk for a non-vegan version, if you prefer.

Let’s start baking.

Thank you Nami for having me on your blog. I’m been a real pleasure.  Thank you everyone for reading, hope I didn’t let you down and you decide to give this cookies a try.

Sending you lots of love,

Roxana

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Thank you so much Roxana for the wonderful cookie recipe!  The Japanese love sweets with green tea and I’m a big fan of anything green tea.  I’m happy to have this cookie recipe in my lifetime recipe collection, Just One Cookbook.  I hope everyone enjoys this recipe and please say hello to Roxana at her lovely website, A little bit of everything.  See you THIS FRIDAY for the Restaurant Review!

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