I bought a pack of matcha powder because I was planning to replace a meal a day with a healthy smoothie to help me lose the extra pounds I gained but it wasn’t for me, I still like to chew my food.
To put my matcha powder to good use and not go to waste, I made these cookies for St. Patrick’s Day last month..no, we’re not Irish. The timing was just perfect. 🙂
Matcha cookies had been on my list of recipes to try but I was putting it off because I do not think I would like it. I can still remember the taste of matcha latte – the first and only time I tried it, thought it tasted like grass.
I was wrong about the cookies, though. I like them! They taste so good. Green tea and chocolate are good together. I imagined the white chocolate chips would make this cloyingly sweet so I opted for semisweet chocolate chips and it was the right decision. My family especially my teenage boy who I thought would turn his nose up on it because the color looks suspect (green means it has veggies, :D) love it even more!
Happy Baking!
Matcha (Green Tea) Chocolate Chip Cookies
Ingredients
- 2 1/4 cups All Purpose Flour
- 1/2 teaspoon Baking Soda
- 1/2 teaspoon Baking Powder
- 1/2 teaspoon Salt
- 3 tablespoons Matcha Powder green tea powder
- 3/4 cup Butter softened at room temperature
- 1 1/4 cups Brown Sugar
- 1 pc Egg or 2 small ones
- 1 teaspoon Vanilla Extract
- 1/4 cup Pistachios crushed / optional
- 1 cup 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 and butter together in a large bowl using an electric mixer until light and fluffy; beat in vanilla extract and egg/s until light and creamy.
- Mix flour mixture into creamed butter mixture until dough is just blended; fold in pistachio (if using) and chocolate chips using a wooden spoon.
- Using an ice cream scoop or a spoon, drop 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.