Afternoon tea just got more colorful with these delightful matcha cookies. The subtle earthy taste of matcha is perfectly paired with vanilla and creamy white chocolate chips. They're simple to make with pantry ingredients, fun to eat, and ready in just 20 minutes!
Ingredients
1 ½cupsall-purpose flour
1tablespoonmatcha powder
1teaspoon baking soda
½ teaspoonsea salt
½cupbutter, at room temperature
½cupgranulated sugar
½cupbrown sugar
1large egg
1teaspopon vanilla
1cupwhite chocolate chips
Instructions
Preheat your oven to 350 degrees Fahrenheit. In a medium-sized bowl, whisk the flour, matcha powder, baking soda, and salt.
1 ½ cups all-purpose flour, 1 tablespoon matcha powder, 1 teaspoon baking soda, ½ teaspoon sea salt
In a large bowl, cream the butter and sugars with electric beaters for 2 minutes. Beat in the egg and vanilla.
½ cup butter, ½ cup granulated sugar, ½ cup brown sugar, 1 large egg, 1 teaspopon vanilla
Add the flour mixture and beat on low speed just until combined. Fold in the white chocolate chips.
1 cup white chocolate chips
Use a medium-sized cookie scoop (about 2 tablespoons) to portion the dough into 18 cookies. Press the tops of the cookies down slightly then bake them in the oven for 10-12 minutes, until the bottoms are very lightly browned.
Remove the cookies from the oven and let them cool for 5 minutes on the baking sheet before transferring them to a cooling rack to cool completely.