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Snowy White Chocolate Matcha Vegan Tree Cookies

Snowy White Chocolate Matcha Vegan Tree Cookies

by Baking Me Healthy
Prep Time 15 minutes
Cook Time 9 minutes
Chilling Time 5 hours
Total Time 5 hours 24 minutes
Course Dessert, Snack
Cuisine Holiday baking, Vegan
Servings 30 cookies

Ingredients
  

  • 281 g all purpose flour
  • tsp baking powder
  • ¼ tsp sea salt
  • 170 g unsalted vegan butter, room temperature
  • 150 g white granulated sugar
  • 3 tbsp unsweetened applesauce
  • 2 tsp pure vanilla extract
  • 1 tbsp matcha

Decorations

  • vegan white chocolate or coconut butter for a healthier option
  • dried coconut
  • freeze dried raspberries

Instructions
 

  • Cream the butter and sugar together until it's nice and fluffy. Then sift in the matcha and mix again.
  • Add the vanilla, applesauce, and salt. Mix again.
  • Sift in the matcha powder and mix again.
  • Sift in the flour and baking soda and carefully mix together until just combined.
  • Roll out the cookie dough on a piece of parchment paper, flour the sheet lightly if needed. Roll the dough until it's about 1/3 of a cm thick. Let the dough rest in the fridge for at least 3 hours or so until the dough has firmed up completely. I chilled the dough overnight.
  • Preheat oven to 175°C. Prepare baking sheets.
  • When the dough has chilled completely, use a cookie cutter to cut out the cookies. Save the leftovers and re-roll the dough and start the process over again. Keep using up all the dough to roll and make new cookies. Sprinkle the dough with a bit of flour if needed, or chill the dough again for a bit if needed.
  • Bake the cookies for approximately 9 minutes. They are done when the cookie edges are a tiny bit golden, but do not let them overbake and get too much colour. Then they will become dry.
  • Once the cookies have cooled, carefully melt the vegan white chocolate and drizzle over the cookies. Sprinkle the coconut and raspberries over the chocolate so they stick to the cookies.
  • When the chocolate has set, enjoy the cookies!
Keyword coconut, cookies, dessert, holiday baking, matcha, plant based, raspberry, vegan, white chocolate