Elaichi - Chai Cookies ( Cardamom and green tea cookies)

E for egg less or elaichi or what else.. For the first week of this month BM. I thought of giving importance to the main ingredient. That the name start with the particular letter of the day. Means today's letter is E so the main ingredient is Elaichi (cardamom). I wanted to make some cookies with elaichi flavor, then thought of giving a small twist. I have some green tea leaves at home which I got from Ooty. I heat the tea leaves for a while and grind in to powder and add that in the cookie dough. When I thought of making this recipe I don't know how that will turn and how they are going to be taste. Because I never use tea powder in cooking other then making tea. 
INGREDIENTS:---
Melted Butter -- 200 gms
Icing sugar (powder sugar) ---- 150 gms if you like can add other 25gms sugar
Baking powder --- 1/2 tea sp
Maida (all purpose flour) --- 200 gms
Salt a pinch
Green tea  ----- 15 gms powdered
Elaichi (cardamom)    ----  1 tea sp powdered
METHOD:--
1. Preheat the oven in 250 degree C for 10 minutes.
2. Mix melted butter and sugar in a mixing bowl till it turn in to a creamy texture.
3. Then add flour, salt, baking powder, elaichi powder, green tea powder and make a soft dough. This dough should be like chapathi dough.
4. Grease the baking tray with little butter.
5. Make small balls out of the dough and slightly press to make them little flat, place this cookies in the greased baking tray.
6. Reduce the oven heat to 150 degree C and place the cookie tray in the oven, bake the cookies for 10 minutes
7. After 10 minutes remove the tray from oven now these cookies are soft so let them cool on a wire rack for some time then store this aromatic cookies in a air tight container
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