Green Tea Donuts

[yuiyoshida]

by Nami


Have you seen or tasted Green Tea Donuts before? They are actually quite pretty popular in Japan. The Japanese like to make sweets and desserts with matcha (green tea powder, 抹茶 ) from green tea latte, green tea tiramisu, to green tea KitKat and Pocky!

Well, I’m definitely not an exception; I made cookies, ice cream, Crème Brûlée and steamed cake with matcha on Just One Cookbook so far. And guess what, more green tea dessert recipes are coming (call me green tea lady!)

We only eat donuts once in a while, like when there is a fundraising bake sale at my children’s school. We like good donuts but haven’t quite found one we love around where we live. In Japan we love it when the seasonal green tea donuts are available at Mr. Donuts!

So I bought my donut pan a few months ago thinking the baked donuts are a little healthier and easier alternatives. Have you had baked donuts? They are pretty awesome! I actually didn’t think it was going to be so easy to make; otherwise I would have tried baking these a long time ago…



Since some of you might have not tried “baked” donuts yet, I thought I should quickly compare how different they are.

http://www.justonecookbook.com/green-tea-donuts/

[NJCher]

1. I'd definitely try a baked, green tea donut

We go to this Japanese restaurant (it's really an elaborate buffet), and they have a dessert bar. I've noticed how many of the desserts are green tea-based.

Also, if you check the various flavors of ice cream, there are a few green tea ice creams.


Cher