Matcha Passion 'Football' Fruit Bars
"When my husband's favorite team made it to the Super Bowl in 2011, I knew I had to make a "green and gold" dessert to cheer on the Green Bay Packers. Unfortunately, they didn't make it this year). Of course, I could have used food dye to make cookies or cupcakes in the right color scheme, but I wanted to find ingredients loaded with natural color instead. Japanese green tea powder (matcha) adds a ton of color to the crust, because it's made from the whole tea leaf, while passion fruit juice and egg yolks make the fruit curd seriously yellow. Even though the bars look fancy, they're really just a simple twist on lemon bars using passion fruit juice instead. You can cut them with a knife to make squares or triangles, or use a round cookie cutter to cut out football shapes instead. Either way, make these bars up to a week in advance so you can focus on potato skins and hot wings on game day without having to fuss...."