My parents flew in from Des Moines this weekend to visit us for Mother’s Day! We visited the aquarium and the longest continuous running restaurant in the US, the Union Oyster House, and also watched a Red Sox game and toured the Sam Adams Brewery (which my hubby loudly proclaimed was much more fun than going to a museum…yep, you get free beer!). On Sunday, I made a simple Mother’s Day brunch before they left. The weekend just flew by and I already miss them!
My dad is a baseball nut and loved checking out such a historic stadium. Even though the guys had sore knees by the end of the game due to the tight seating (my mom is the baby of the group at 5’10”), we all enjoyed the game. The Red Sox were trailing by three runs until the sixth inning when they scored two home runs and brought five people home. One of the homers sailed over the Green Monster, which is the nickname of the super high left field wall at Fenway that prevents many home runs. Of course, when I think Monster, I think Monster Cookies! I really wanted to create a fun Green Monster Cookie, and although my cookies didn’t turn out bright green, they were quite tasty!
I’ve always imagined that Monster Cookies were born when someone whipped up a batch of cookies with whatever ingredients they could find in the pantry that day. I followed this strategy by poking through my cupboards last night and looking for ingredients to use. I ground up some almonds and green tea, and then mixed in coconut and oats. I was a little disappointed the green tea didn’t tint the cookies green, but the layers of flavor were wonderful and I love the playfulness of the green M&Ms on top!
Green Monster Cookies
Printable Recipe
Ingredients:
1/2 cup unsalted butter, softened
3/4 cup granulated sugar
1 egg
1/2 teaspoon vanilla
1/2 cup almonds
2 tablespoons green tea
1/2 cup all-purpose flour
1 cup quick cooking oats
1/2 teaspoon salt
1/2 teaspoon baking powder
1/2 cup shredded coconut
1/2 cup green M&Ms
Directions:
Heat oven to 350˚F. Lightly grease an 8×8-inch square pan. In large bowl, cream butter and sugar; mix in egg and vanilla.
Pulse almonds and green tea in a food processor until ground. Stir ground almonds and green tea, flour, oats, salt, baking powder, and coconut into the wet ingredients until soft dough forms. Spread dough in bottom of the greased pan. Sprinkle M&Ms evenly on top and press lightly into the dough. Bake 20 to 23 minutes or until set. Cool for 30 minutes and cut into 4 rows by 4 rows. Makes 16 servings.
Nutrition: 186 calories, 10.6g fat, 2.0g fiber, 2.8g protein per serving
Cost: $3.45 total
I love the green monters, so cute! Everyone loves an M&M.
Oh, these are absolutely adorable. Adorable.
I love the idea of pusling the almonds and adding green tea!
They look awesome! My kids would love those!
Ooh..those cookie bars sound delicious.
It looks like you had a great weekend. I’ve toured the stadium twice and it is a great tour, I’m not even into baseball that much. I’ve never been to a game there yet. I seem to only be in Boston during off-season.
I love a combo cookie with nuts and oats. These sound great!
These are such a yummy little treat. I love M&M’s in cookies!
The year that Shrek was the movie to see my grandaughter and I made Shrek cookie. We made suger cookies tinted green she loved them! These are so cute!
What a fun visit! I am saving this recipe for the next St Patty’s Day – it’d be perfect.
what fun!!! glad you had a such great weekend
These are so fun! The addition of green tea sounds quite interesting. It looks like you had a fun weekend too.
So cute! I’m glad you guys had a good weekend! P.S. I love how you add the nutritional content and price of each of your recipes!
I am glad you has so much fun with your parents and husband. The green monster cookies look tasty.
So cute the name of the cookies…. Green Monster! hehehe…
Sounds that you were having a fun together with your parents and hubby
sounds like you had a great weekend! i love random pantry monster cookies!
How nice that you had such a fun time with your family! Green monster cookies are awesome!
MMMMMM….those cookies look fantastic!!! yummie!!! lovely pictures too, Kerstin!!
I think the cookies look great and are very adorable..I love the green color!
Love your pics of your family and the stadium! That’s so nice you were able to spend Mother’s Day weekend with your mom
These cookies sound great – love the oats and coconut! Never thought to put green tea in cookies, but I’m sure it’s delicious!
Green monster, green GOODY! yum! I ESPECIALLY love green tea flavored stuff. love, love, love it! hey, this would be great for st. patrick’s day too!
Green tea in cookies – that’s a new one for me! I bet it won’t be long till we start seeing them all over the asian restaurant scene. Glad you had a great time with your parents!
YUM! I love monster cookies. Who am I kidding, I just love cookies. Did you use matcha (green tea powder) for the green tea? Or just tea leaves. Yummy regardless. 😉
Tasty – monster cookies are delicious and I love that they are green
Thanks everyone!
Camilla – Just tea leaves, but I’ve heard about matcha and want to get my hands on some!
I love monster cookies! What a good idea to make them green. Clever.
What fun! My bro and i went to the Union Oyster House over the Christmas holiday while visiting our sister in Boston. It was so much fun! We sat at the bar and had champagne and oysters. What a treat!
Interesting! I will have to try these!
Two things:
1) Yay DES MOINES!!! 😉 Gotta love us midwestern gals…
2) Very clever idea with the “green monster”. I love it! Any ideas for a Chicago Cubs treat???
Molly Jean – I used to live in Chicago, so I would love to come up with a treat for the Cubbies too (plus, I’ve been to many Iowa Cubs’ game!) – I’ll have to brainstorm a bit
LOVE your Green Monster cookies, and Yayyyy, you’re a Red Sox fan. You must come & visit my current post for Red Sox inspiration
Dear Kerstin,
It was so much fun sharing your Mothers Day holiday visit with you All…sounds like it was a fun weekend. I’m looking forward to try out the Green Monster cookies, they are very creative as are all your recipes. We are so very proud of you and all your achievments. Again, Happy Five Years
Our love,
G and G
Thanks for checking out my blog and sending happy anniversary wishes G&G!!
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