Matcha (Green Tea) White Chocolate Chip Cookies

I'm always on the hunt for a good matcha cookie recipe, and this one absolutely delivers. The matcha flavor in the batter was fabulously balanced, and the cookie was rich and chewy - my favorite! (Of course, I think you could leave it in the oven for a few more minutes if you'd prefer a crispy edge.) If I may say as well, though, the color of these cookies is AMAZING. I promise this green color in the photos has not been enhanced! The batter and cookies really are just that vivid and gorgeous in color :)

I actually found this recipe on Tasty Japan, and the video looked so good I immediately pumped the recipe through Google Translate to figure out to make them. Link to the source below, but I've also included my translated version of the recipe!

This recipe does require a bit of planning ahead, though - the dough needs to chill at least an hour before being baked. Without chilling, the cookies will spread enormously, so I would definitely recommend it! I just made the dough the night before, scooped it out, and then chilled it overnight. You could either make them quite big, like they do in the Tasty video, or do what I did, which is shape heaping tablespoons of batter, which baked out to a nice medium-size cookie.

LOOK AT THIS COLOR. Is this real life?

Matcha White Chocolate Chip Cookies

Ingredients*

150g flour
100g white chocolate chips
100g melted butter
100g brown sugar
50g granulated sugar
1 egg
1tbsp matcha powder
1/2 tsp baking soda
1/2 tsp baking powder
Pinch of salt

*I used a food scale to match the weight measurements specified here, but I've also had success with other recipes by just using an online converter to turn grams into cups/tablespoons, etc.

Instructions

1. With the melted butter in a large bowl, mix in both sugars as well as the salt.
2. Add the egg into the mixture, beating until the batter drops in a ribbon-like texture.
3. Sift in the flour, matcha, baking soda, and baking powder. Mix to incorporate all of the dry ingredients.
4. Fold in the chocolate chips.
5. Chill the batter for at least 1 hour, or overnight.
6. Heat oven to 180C (about 355F). Scoop batter into rounds, placing them on a parchment paper-lined sheet pan at least 2 inches apart. (I wanted some of the chocolate chips to be visible, so I topped each scoop with a couple of chips before baking.)
7. Bake for 12 minutes, until edges begin to brown just slightly. Keep an eye on them if you like chewy cookies! (Because my scoops were slightly small, I baked them for just 10 minutes.) Let cool. Makes about 12 cookies.

If you couldn't already tell, I am a huge fan of this recipe and would absolutely recommend you try it posthaste. If the color isn't enough to sell you, then the well-balanced matcha flavor should! This will definitely be one of my go-to's from now on :)