An all-year-round classic that gives your brunch a little “sparkle”
| Prep Time: | 15 mins |
| Cook Time: | 10 mins |
| Total Time: | 25 mins |
| Servings: | 24 |
| Yield: | 24 cookies |
Ingredients
- 2 cups all-purpose flour
- 1 tablespoon green tea powder (matcha)
- ½ teaspoon baking soda
- ½ teaspoon salt
- 1 cup packed brown sugar
- ¾ cup unsalted butter, melted
- ½ cup white sugar
- 1 tablespoon vanilla extract
- 1 egg
- 1 egg yolk
- 1 ½ cups white chocolate chips
Instructions
- Preheat oven to 325 degrees F (165 degrees C). Grease baking sheets or line with parchment paper.
- Sift flour, matcha, baking soda, and salt together in a bowl. Beat brown sugar, butter, and white sugar together in a large bowl using an electric mixer until blended; beat in vanilla extract, egg, and egg yolk until light and creamy.
- Mix flour mixture into creamed butter mixture until dough is just blended; fold in chocolate chips using a wooden spoon. Drop cookie dough, 1 heaping tablespoon per cookie, onto the prepared baking sheet 2 to 3 inches apart.
- Bake in the preheated oven until edges are lightly browned, 8 to 10 minutes. Cool cookies on the baking sheet for 2 to 3 minutes before transferring to a wire rack to cool completely.
Nutrition Facts
| Calories | 210 kcal |
| Carbohydrate | 28 g |
| Cholesterol | 34 mg |
| Dietary Fiber | 0 g |
| Protein | 2 g |
| Saturated Fat | 6 g |
| Sodium | 94 mg |
| Sugars | 20 g |
| Fat | 10 g |
| Unsaturated Fat | 0 g |
Reviews
I always reduce sugar quantity. This recipe, as many others, has way too much sugar. I completely left out the white one and only added half cup of the brown sugar. I considered, that the white chocolate will give enough sweetness. I also left out half cup of the white choc chips, it seemed too much when I started addding it to the dough. I had matcha cookies before and I absolutely loved it, but it’s for the first time that I am making them, hence I wasn’t brave enough to add a tad more matcha powder. The cookies turned out delicious (perfect sweetness, if you’re asking me, having left all that sugar and choc chip out- I don’t think I could’ve eat them if I add the whole amount- even my sweet toothed hubby said they are just right!) and good texture, but as others said as well, it lackes a more intense matcha flavour and colour. I will definitely make them again, but I will at least double the amount or experiment with another brand of matcha green tea.
Not enough matcha
It’s easy to follow and yummy.
I always hate when people give 5 stars and they change the recipe, but I am doing exactly that. I subbed 1 cup of the flour with 1 cup of oatmeal. I also subbed white chocolate chips with finely chopped heath bar. it was what I had in the house. These turned out delicious. I probably should have cut some of the butter, as the cookies spread a little thin with the missing flour, but they crisped up and tasted fabulous. I was hoping for more of a green color than what I got. Maybe next time I’ll put in more matcha powder.
I also used 1 cup semi-sweet chips instead of 1 1/2 of white chips.
Matcha cookies are sooooo good i just added half a cup of chopped walnuts for an added flavor and texture. It turns out great
Great recipe. DO NOT add any of the white sugar. These also take a few extra minutes to bake (high altitude?) but turn out good anyway. I chop up some white chocolate instead of getting the chips. Great presentation and extremely versatile. I bake these all the time, I have tried new flavor combos like adding coconut and raspberry, or add chai. Even using normal chocolate is great if you don’t like white chocolate. Highly recommend!
I try this and love it. Delicious recipe for matcha cookies.
Subbed semi-sweet chocolate chips for the white chocolate chips
I thought this recipe was freakin’ amazing (: But I would maybe add less sugar so maybe 1/2 cup of brown and 1/2 cup reg. sugar instead of 1 cup of each! And maybe more matcha powder definitely doing this again !!
Really great! My family couldn’t get enough of them. Neither could I! These may be a fun recipe to do for St. Patrick’s Day.
The cookie dough was really good at sticking together, and they tasted very good but also very different! They were very good
I make these quite often, identical to the recipe. The only things I do differently are refrigerate the dough, (if you didn’t refrigerate them then that’s how I could POSSIBLY see an issue) this is non-negotiable…and I mix in oreos or matcha kit kats with the dough before baking. I swear, when I bake them, people grab three or four of these and they hover when I’m baking a second round. I’ve gotten friends, coworkers, the husband hooked on them and appreciate this recipe for making it so simple.
This is my go to matcha cookies! So good and everyone I served it to has been a fan. Substitutions I made are Reducing the brown sugar by a quarter cup Halving the white chocolate chips And… Adding 1/4 cups unsweetened coconut flakes + chopped macadamia nuts 😀 enjoy
Made two batches of these (48 cookies) these with positive feedback all around – from different circles of friends, too. Had to make adjustments to the recipe. I read some other reviews that said, typically you want equal parts sugar (1/2 cup white sugar, 1/2 cup brown sugar). I heeded their advice over this recipe, reduced the amount of brown sugar, and got great results. The final product is a cookie that has a very subtle flavor. The sweetness comes from the white chocolate chips. You will need to add a little bit more matcha. I added something like an extra 1/2 tbsp to the 1 tbsp that the recipe called for. Even thought the dough was very greasy when I put it in the oven, the final result was a very soft cookie, that wasn’t oily at all! People loved that. I rolled my dough into cake ball sized lumps, and had to flatten them to get that pretty, picturesque cookie-shape. Overall, great results. Just needed to 1) reduce brown sugar, and 2) add a little more matcha.
A new favorite! I made these for my family and they were a huge hit! I actually used vanilla matcha from DavidsTeas, and my dad called these “ice cream flavored cookies” Can’t wait to make them again!
i only gave recipe a 4 because I really had to up the matcha to get the flavor to come through. I love the white chocolate chips added, but they can easily overpower the matcha flavor. sprinkled one pan with matcha on top and that seemed to get the flavor i was looking for. otherwise great cookies!
The texture of the cookies came out fine but the sugar ratio is way too high! Too too sweet. Also there’s hardly any matcha taste, not sure if my matcha is too light. I also think a tablespoon of vanilla is too much. I should looked around for other recipes before using this one.
I made this with 1 cup of white sugar but it is still sweet, i cut out the brown sugar because i don’t want the brown sugar to make the color change, and i used clear vanilla instead of the dark one, 2 eggs and 2 1/2 cups of flour. Also the melted butter is too greasy, softned butter might be better, 2 table spoon of green tea powder instead 1
Too sweet, not enough matcha taste.
This is my go-to recipe for cookie exchanges and any festive holiday season parties. Your friends will be asking for the recipe before you leave! I prefer softened butter to melted butter so the cookies keep their round shape. I cut the sugar to 3/4 cup brown sugar and 1/4 cup white sugar. Use a melon baller to scoop the cookies and add 5-6 white chocolate chips per cookie – white chocolate chips are extremely sweet! Bake for 10 minutes, leave on the sheet for an additional 2 minutes, and let cool. The matcha produces a beautiful green color. You can always add more matcha to meet your taste. A guaranteed hit!