Green Tea Macaroons

From the Closet Cooking blog

• Ready In: 25 mins
• Serves: 12

Ingredients

• 1 1⁄4 cups icing sugar
• 1  cup  ground almonds
• 1  teaspoon  green tea powder (matcha)
• 2  large  egg whites
• 1⁄4 cup granulated sugar

Directions

1. Sift the icing sugar, ground almonds and matcha together into a bowl.
2. Beat the egg whites until just stiff.
3. Beat in the sugar until just stiff.
4. Fold the almond mixture into the egg white mixture.
5. Pour the batter into small discs on parchment paper on a baking sheet.
6. Let sit for an hour so that a thin layer forms on the outside.
7. Bake in a preheated 325F oven for 10-11 minutes.
8. Let cool and then fill with filling.