Irresistibly Soft & Chewy Matcha White Chocolate Chip Cookies: A Unique Green Tea Delight

Prepare your taste buds for an extraordinary cookie experience! These incredible Matcha white chocolate chip cookies are truly love at first bite. Imagine a cookie that’s perfectly soft and delightfully chewy, infused with the vibrant, earthy notes of premium Matcha green tea, beautifully balanced by pockets of sweet, creamy white chocolate. It’s a flavor combination that’s both unique and utterly addictive. The last time a batch of these disappeared at work, they were gone before the day was over – a true testament to their deliciousness!

Beyond their sensational flavor, these cookies are surprisingly quick and easy to whip up. If you’re a devoted Matcha latte lover eager to infuse that same intense, captivating flavor into your baked goods, then this fantastic recipe for Matcha white chocolate chip cookies is exactly what you need. It’s an elevated twist on a classic that will impress everyone.

The secret to their intense flavor and speedy preparation (less than 25 minutes of active prep time!) lies in starting with a lovely Matcha-infused butter. If you already have this aromatic butter on hand, you’re halfway to cookie heaven!

Ingredients for Your Perfect Matcha Cookies

Crafting these extraordinary Matcha white chocolate chip cookies requires a selection of fresh, high-quality ingredients. Each component plays a vital role in achieving that perfect texture and unforgettable flavor profile. Here’s a closer look at what you’ll need:

• Butter: Unsalted butter is preferred, as it allows you to control the salt content precisely. For the best flavor, use high-quality butter. This is the base for our flavorful Matcha butter.
• Matcha Powder: The star ingredient! Culinary-grade Matcha is perfect for baking, offering a robust flavor and vibrant green color. For an even more refined taste, ceremonial-grade Matcha can be used.
• Granulated Sugar: Provides sweetness and helps achieve that desirable chewy texture.
• Baking Powder: A leavening agent that helps the cookies rise and become soft.
• Baking Soda: Another leavening agent that reacts with acidic ingredients (if any, though in this case, it helps with spread and tenderness).
• Salt: Essential for balancing the sweetness and enhancing all the other flavors. Don’t skip it!
• Eggs: Act as a binder, adding structure and moisture to the dough. Large eggs are usually standard for baking.
• Lime Zest: This might seem like an unexpected addition, but the bright, citrusy notes of lime zest beautifully complement the earthy Matcha, adding a wonderful, subtle freshness that elevates the overall flavor.
• AP-Flour (All-Purpose Flour): The structural base of our cookies. Sift it for lighter results.
• White Chocolate Chips: These melt into creamy pockets of sweetness, providing a delightful contrast to the Matcha’s subtle bitterness. Choose good quality white chocolate for the best outcome.

For the precise quantities, always refer to the detailed recipe card provided below.

Step-by-Step Baking: How to Make Matcha White Chocolate Chip Cookies

Follow these detailed steps to create your perfect batch of soft, chewy, and intensely flavorful Matcha white chocolate chip cookies. Precision in each step ensures a delicious result!

1. Prepare Your Homemade Matcha Butter: The Flavor Foundation

The unique flavor of these cookies begins with our homemade Matcha-infused butter. This step is crucial for achieving that deep, earthy green tea essence.

• First, take your unsalted butter and melt it gently in a small saucepan over low heat. Once melted, add your Matcha powder.
• Let this mixture simmer for approximately 5 minutes. During this time, it’s absolutely crucial to stir it occasionally with a whisk. This helps prevent the Matcha powder from clumping, ensuring a smooth, evenly infused butter. Any lumps will result in an inconsistent flavor and texture in your cookies.
• Once the butter has been simmering and you’ve confirmed there are no lumps, remove the saucepan from the heat. Allow the Matcha butter to cool down slightly.
• Next, strain the cooled Matcha butter through a fine-mesh sieve into a clean bowl or jar. This step removes any tiny, stubborn Matcha particles that might remain, ensuring your butter is perfectly smooth.

2. Chill the Matcha Butter

After straining, place the Matcha butter in the refrigerator. You’ll need to let it firm up to a solid, workable consistency, similar to regular butter at room temperature. This can take a couple of hours, or you can conveniently prepare it the night before and leave it overnight to reach room temperature. This firming process is vital for the proper creaming with sugar.

Pro Tip: If you’re experimenting with different tea flavors like regular Rooibos tea leaves, black tea leaves, or even other Matcha powder variations instead of standard Matcha, you’ll first need to blend the tea leaves into a much finer powder using a food processor. This fine consistency is essential before attempting to infuse them into the butter to prevent grittiness.

3. Prepare the Cookie Dough

Once your Matcha butter has reached the desired consistency (firm but pliable), you can start preparing the cookie dough.

• Using your Kitchen Aid stand mixer (or a hand mixer), beat together the softened Matcha butter and ¾ cup of granulated white sugar for 2-3 minutes. Beat until the mixture is light and creamy. This creaming process incorporates air, which contributes to the cookies’ soft texture.

• Next, crack in the egg and mix for another 2-3 minutes until fully incorporated and the mixture is fluffy.
• At this point, gradually add your dry ingredients: the aromatic lime zest, all-purpose flour, baking soda, salt, and baking powder. Mix on low speed until just combined. Overmixing can lead to tough cookies, so stop as soon as no streaks of flour remain.
• Finally, gently fold in the white chocolate chips using a spatula. This ensures they are evenly distributed without overworking the dough.

4. Portion and Bake the Cookies

• Once the white chocolate chips are evenly distributed, use an ice cream scoop (a small one works best for consistent sizing) to portion the cookie dough onto a baking sheet lined with parchment paper. Leave enough space between each cookie – about 4 cm or 2 inches – to prevent them from crowding and sticking together as they spread during baking.

• Bake your Matcha cookies in a preheated oven at 180° C / 360° F for 10-12 minutes. The exact time may vary slightly depending on your oven, so keep an eye on them.
• The cookies are done when the bottoms are a lovely shade of golden brown and the edges are set, but the centers still look slightly soft. They will continue to set as they cool.
• Once baked, remove them from the oven and let them cool on the baking sheet for a few minutes before transferring them to a wire rack to cool completely. This prevents them from becoming too brittle or overcooked on the bottom.

Now, they’re ready to be served up to all your Matcha-loving friends and family! Enjoy the delightful aroma and exquisite taste.

Flavorful Substitutions for Your Matcha Cookies

While Matcha offers a distinct and wonderful flavor, you can certainly experiment with substitutions if you’re looking to change things up or don’t have Matcha powder on hand. If the price of premium Matcha powder gives you pause, but you still love the idea of these infused cookies, consider these alternatives:

• Alternative Teas: Instead of Matcha, you can use other finely grated teas like regular green tea (ensure it’s ground to a fine powder), black tea (like Earl Grey for a sophisticated note), or Rooibos tea. Remember, you won’t achieve that stunning green color, but you can explore a delightful range of unique flavors! Just ensure the leaves are ground to a very fine powder before infusing into the butter.
• Chocolate Choices: If white chocolate isn’t your preference, try milk chocolate chips, dark chocolate chunks, or even a mix for a varied flavor profile.
• Flour Alternatives: For dietary needs, you might experiment with a 1:1 gluten-free baking flour blend, though results can vary in texture.

Delicious Variations to Elevate Your Cookies

These Matcha white chocolate chip cookies are fantastic as is, but don’t hesitate to get creative with additions that can introduce new textures and flavors:

• Nutty Crunch: If you enjoy your cookies with a delightful nutty side, macadamia nuts are an outstanding addition to this recipe. Their rich, buttery flavor and satisfying crunch provide a wonderful contrast to the chewy texture of the cookies and complement the Matcha beautifully. Simply fold in about ½ cup of chopped macadamia nuts with the white chocolate chips.
• Citrus Zest: While lime zest is recommended, you can try lemon or orange zest for a different citrusy kick.
• Aromatic Spices: A pinch of cardamom or a tiny dash of ginger powder could add an intriguing warmth and complexity that pairs well with Matcha.
• Glaze or Drizzle: For an extra touch of elegance and sweetness, consider drizzling the cooled cookies with a simple white chocolate glaze or a matcha glaze made from powdered sugar, a little milk, and a touch of Matcha powder.

Essential Equipment for Cookie Perfection

Having the right tools makes all the difference in baking. Here’s what you’ll need to successfully create these incredible Matcha white chocolate chip cookies:

• Kitchen Machine: A stand mixer greatly simplifies the creaming process for butter and sugar, ensuring a light and fluffy dough.
• Baking Sheet: Essential for baking your cookies evenly. Using multiple sheets can speed up the process.
• Whisk: Crucial for preventing lumps when infusing the Matcha into the butter.
• Close-meshed sieve: For straining the Matcha butter and ensuring a smooth, lump-free infusion.
• Preserving jar: Ideal for storing your homemade Matcha butter.
• Mixing Bowl: For combining your dry ingredients and later, the full cookie dough.
• Parchment paper/silicone mat: Lines your baking sheets, preventing sticking and making cleanup a breeze.
• Ice cream scoop (small): Ensures uniform cookie size, leading to even baking and a professional look.
• Silicone spatula: Perfect for folding in chocolate chips and scraping down the sides of your mixing bowl.
• Cooling rack: Allows air to circulate around the cookies, cooling them evenly and preventing sogginess.

Storage & Expert Baker’s Tips

To keep your Matcha white chocolate chip cookies fresh and delicious, proper storage is key. And for an even better baking experience, here are some invaluable tips:

Storage:

• After your cookies have completely cooled for at least two hours (preferably overnight to fully set), store them in an airtight container. A cookie tin lined with greaseproof paper works wonderfully.
• When properly stored at room temperature, these cookies will maintain their freshness and delicious texture for up to five days.
• For longer storage, you can freeze baked cookies in an airtight container for up to 3 months. Thaw at room temperature.
• Alternatively, you can freeze the raw cookie dough portions. Once scooped onto a baking sheet, freeze until solid, then transfer to a freezer-safe bag. Bake from frozen, adding a couple of minutes to the baking time.

Baker’s Tips:

• This recipe yields approximately 26 cookies, making them perfect for sharing with family and friends, or for enjoying over several days!
• Matcha Quality Matters: You can certainly use culinary-grade Matcha for this recipe, which is designed for cooking and baking. However, as someone who always has ceremonial-grade Matcha on hand for her morning caffeine fix, I often reach for the higher-quality ingredient. Ceremonial-grade Matcha offers a smoother, less bitter flavor and a more vibrant green color, which can subtly enhance the overall taste and visual appeal of your cookies. Choose what fits your preference and budget!
• Don’t Overbake: For that perfect chewy texture, avoid overbaking. The cookies should look slightly underdone in the center when you pull them out of the oven, as they will continue to cook on the hot baking sheet.
• Room Temperature Ingredients: Ensure your Matcha butter and egg are at room temperature. This helps them cream together more smoothly, resulting in a more uniform dough and better cookie texture.
• Zest First, Then Juice: Always zest your lime before you juice it. It’s much easier to get the flavorful zest from a whole, firm lime.

Interesting Facts About Matcha

Beyond its incredible flavor in these cookies, Matcha is a powerhouse of health benefits and boasts a rich history. This vibrant green tea is much more than just a culinary ingredient; it’s a superfood:

• Nutritional Powerhouse: Matcha is celebrated for providing ten times the nutritional potency of traditional brewed green tea. This is because, with Matcha, you consume the entire tea leaf, not just the brewed liquid.
• Sustained Energy without the Jitters: Experience a natural energy boost without the usual jitters or sudden crashes. Matcha’s unique combination of caffeine and L-theanine works synergistically. L-theanine promotes a state of relaxed alertness, providing long-lasting, sustainable energy and improved focus throughout the day.
• Immune Boost & Metabolism Support: Strengthen your immune system and give your metabolism a gentle boost with Matcha’s abundance of antioxidants, vitamins (like A and C), and minerals. Its high concentration of EGCG (epigallocatechin gallate), a powerful antioxidant, is particularly noteworthy.
• Mood and Concentration Enhancer: This ancient superfood is known for its ability to enhance mood and concentration, helping you stay focused and productive. The L-theanine also contributes to the production of alpha waves in the brain, promoting mental clarity and a calm state.
• Efficiency: Say goodbye to brewing multiple cups of tea – one serving of Matcha (whether in a drink or baked good!) can deliver a day’s worth of wellness benefits.

Frequently Asked Questions About Matcha Cookies

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Matcha White Chocolate Chip Cookies

Nora

Get ready to indulge in a batch of delicious Matcha cookies, loaded with white chocolate chips and made with homemade Matcha butter. Perfect for sharing or keeping all to yourself!

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Prep Time

2 hours
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10 minutes
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Baking Time

13 minutes
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Total Time

2 hours
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23 minutes
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Course
Cookies, Dessert, Snack

Cuisine
Asian

Servings

26
cookies

Calories

150
kcal

Equipment

• Kitchen machine
• Baking pan
• Whisk
• Close meshed sieve
• Preserving Jar
• Mixing bowl
• Parchment paper/silicone mat
• Ice cream scoop (small)
• Silicone spatula
• Cooling Rack

Ingredients

• ¾ cup Butter
• 2 tablespoon
  Matcha powder
  
• ¾ cup Granulated sugar
• 1 teaspoon Baking powder
• ½ teaspoon Baking soda
• ¼ teaspoon Salt
• 2 Eggs
• 2 teaspoon Lime zest
  from 2 limes
• 2 cup AP-Flour
• 1 cup White chocolate chips

Instructions

• In a small pan on low heat, melt ¾ cup Butter and let it simmer for about 5 minutes with 2 tablespoon Matcha powder.
  ¾ cup Butter,
  2 tablespoon Matcha powder
• Keep “stirring” occasionally with the whisk to avoid lumps.
• Once you remove it from the heat, let it cool down slightly and strain it through a fine sieve.
• Put it in a refrigerator and let it firm up, or leave it overnight till it comes to room temperature.
• Now we need to make the cookie dough by beating the Matcha butter with ¾ cup Granulated sugar for 2-3 minutes.
  ¾ cup Granulated sugar
• Next add 2 Eggs and mix for another 2-3 minutes before adding 2 teaspoon Lime zest, 2 cup AP-Flour, ½ teaspoon Baking soda, ¼ teaspoon Salt, and 1 teaspoon Baking powder, and giving everything another mix before adding 1 cup White chocolate chips.
  1 teaspoon Baking powder,
  ½ teaspoon Baking soda,
  ¼ teaspoon Salt,
  2 Eggs,
  2 teaspoon Lime zest,
  2 cup AP-Flour,
  1 cup White chocolate chips
• Once the white chocolate is added, give the cookie dough a stir with a spatula.
• Now we can use an ice cream scoop to portion the cookies on a baking pan covered with parchment paper, leaving space between the cookies (4 cm/ 2 inch).
• Bake the cookies in a preheated oven for 10-13 minutes at 180° C / 360° F.
• Leave the cookies on a cooling rack to cool. After cooling, store in an airtight cookie tin lined with greaseproof paper.

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Nutrition values are estimates only, using online calculators. Please verify using your own data.

Serving:
1
Cookie

|

Calories:
150
kcal

|

Carbohydrates:
17
g

|

Protein:
2
g

|

Fat:
8
g

|

Saturated Fat:
5
g

|

Polyunsaturated Fat:
0.4
g

|

Monounsaturated Fat:
2
g

|

Trans Fat:
0.2
g

|

Cholesterol:
28
mg

|

Sodium:
113
mg

|

Potassium:
37
mg

|

Fiber:
0.3
g

|

Sugar:
10
g

|

Vitamin A:
242
IU

|

Vitamin C:
0.1
mg

|

Calcium:
28
mg

|

Iron:
1
mg

⛑️ Food Safety Guidelines

Ensuring food safety is paramount when baking. Please adhere to these guidelines to ensure your delicious Matcha cookies are prepared and enjoyed safely:

• Cook to Minimum Temperature: Ensure any ingredients that require cooking reach a minimum internal temperature of 165 °F (74 °C) to eliminate harmful bacteria. While cookies typically don’t require a thermometer, ensure they are fully baked.
• Prevent Cross-Contamination: Always use separate utensils, cutting boards, and bowls for raw ingredients (like eggs) and cooked or ready-to-eat foods to prevent cross-contamination.
• Thorough Handwashing: Wash your hands thoroughly with soap and warm water before handling food, and especially after touching raw ingredients like eggs.
• Refrigerate Perishables: Do not leave perishable ingredients or cooked food sitting out at room temperature for extended periods. Promptly refrigerate any items that require it.
• Never Leave Cooking Unattended: Always supervise food when it’s cooking on the stovetop or in the oven to prevent burning or other hazards.
• Use Safe Oils: If any part of the recipe involves heating oils, use those with a high smoking point to avoid the production of harmful compounds.
• Ensure Ventilation: Always have good ventilation when using a gas stove or oven to prevent the buildup of fumes.

For further comprehensive information and guidelines on safe food handling, please refer to the official resources provided by the FDA (Food and Drug Administration).