These Matcha White Chocolate Cookies bring you the flavor of a matcha latte in cookie form. White chocolate chips add a sweet finish!
These matcha cookies are adapted from two of our favorite cookie recipes, these Lemon White Chocolate Cookies and these White Chocolate Macadamia Nut Cookies. All have an ideal chewy texture, but matcha takes the flavor profile in an entirely different direction!
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Why Make This Recipe
- Delicious Flavor: Matcha is one of our favorite flavors, and we absolutely love enjoying it in cookie form. Love matcha recipes? Try our Matcha Mug Cake and our Matcha Crème Brûlée too!
- Great Texture: Soft and chewy for the win!
- Perfect Pairing: Serve these with afternoon tea or your morning coffee. Or add them to a holiday cookie plate for something different!
🥗 Ingredients
- Matcha Powder: You can find matcha powder in the tea section of many grocery stores. You can also purchase matcha online. Look for culinary grade matcha, as it is more affordable than ceremonial-grade and still great for baking. Premium grade also works well in this recipe.
- Sugar: This recipe calls for both granulated sugar and brown sugar, but you could use all granulated if you like.
- Butter: We recommend unsalted butter, so you can control the salt content in your cookies. If you only have salted butter, add only ¼ teaspoon of kosher salt.
- White Chocolate Chips: Feel free to use any form of white chocolate. Using white chocolate chunks or mini chips are fine, or you can chop up a white chocolate bar.
🥣 Step-by-Step Instructions
Preheat oven to 325 degrees.
Line a baking sheet with parchment paper.
Melt 12 tablespoons butter in a microwave-safe large bowl.
Whisk in ¾ cup granulated white sugar and ½ cup packed brown sugar.
Let cool slightly.
Whisk in 2 eggs and 1 ½ teaspoon vanilla extract.
In a separate medium bowl, whisk together 2 ¾ cups all-purpose flour, 1 tablespoon matcha powder, 1 teaspoon baking soda, ½ teaspoon baking powder, and ½ teaspoon salt.
Stir dry ingredients into wet ingredients.
Stir in 2 cups white chocolate chips.
Use a 1 ½ tablespoon cookie scoop to scoop out cookie dough, then roll into balls. Place cookie dough balls on parchment-covered sheet pan.
Bake for 10-12 minutes, until just starting to brown around the edges.
Remove baking sheet from oven, and bang it on the counter 2-3 times.
Let sit on baking sheet for 2 minutes, then remove and let cool on a cooling rack.
🧐 Recipe FAQs for Matcha White Chocolate Cookies
These cookies will keep at room temperature in an airtight container for 2-3 days after baking. You can also freeze them for up to 3 months.
Matcha powder tends to absorb liquid, so in recipes where you are adding a significant amount of matcha powder, you may need to increase the amount of fat (butter, oil, milk) in your recipe.
These matcha and white chocolate cookies are not particularly healthy, with the good amount of butter, flour, and sugar in there! But matcha powder itself does have some health benefits as it is high in antioxidants and has other potential benefits.
You can make the batter up to a day in advance and keep it in the refrigerator until you are ready to scoop and bake. After about 24 hours, the green of the batter becomes a little discolored in spots, though still tastes delicious when baked! Or scoop the dough into cookie balls and chill in the refrigerator.
👩🍳 Expert Tips
The reason we bake these cookies at 325 degrees Fahrenheit is that matcha cookies brown easily in a hot oven. A lower baking temperature helps maintain the glorious green color! For perfect cookies, take out of the oven just as soon as you see any browning around the edges.
These green tea white chocolate cookies lend themselves to other flavor combinations too. Try adding ginger, sesame seeds, or different types of citrus (orange, lime, grapefruit, lemon). You could also add nuts—macadamia nuts in particular make a delicious combination with the matcha and white chocolate.
Feel free to experiment with the matcha flavor. If you are a huge matcha lover, you can add more culinary matcha powder to the recipe for a strong matcha flavor. Or add less if you prefer!
For a more vibrant green, try using ceremonial grade matcha, as this matcha green tea powder is known for its bright green color.
We love the bang-on-the-counter trick for making the best chewy matcha white chocolate cookies around. It flattens the cookies a bit as they cool, making them a little more dense and chewy. Works with classic chocolate chip cookies, and with these as well!
Ready to try your next matcha-flavored dessert? Check out these Matcha Brownies or this Matcha Ice Cream next!
Other Delicious Cookie Recipes
If you love this matcha cookie recipe, you’re going to want to check out some of our other favorites, like Almond Flour Chocolate Cookies and Lemon Shortbread Cookies. But why stop there? There are lots more ideas in our Dessert archive!
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📖 Recipe
Matcha Cookies
These Matcha White Chocolate Cookies bring you the flavor of a matcha latte in cookie form. White chocolate chips add a sweet finish!
Ingredients
- ¾ cup unsalted butter (12 tablespoons)
- ¾ cup granulated sugar (167 grams)
- ½ cup light brown sugar, packed (104 grams)
- 2 large eggs
- 1 ½ teaspoons vanilla extract
- 2 ¾ cups flour (330 grams)
- 1 tablespoon matcha powder
- 1 teaspoon baking soda
- ½ teaspoon baking powder
- ½ teaspoon kosher salt
- 2 cups white chocolate chips (1 11-ounce package)
Instructions
- Preheat oven to 325 degrees.
- Line a baking sheet with parchment paper.
- Melt butter in a large microwave-safe bowl.
- Whisk in granulated and brown sugars. Let cool slightly.
- Whisk in eggs and vanilla extract.
- In a separate bowl, whisk together flour, matcha powder, baking soda, baking powder, and salt.
- Add dry ingredients to wet.
- Stir in chocolate chips.
- Use a 1.5 tablespoon cookie scoop to scoop out cookie dough, then roll into balls.
- Place balls on parchment-lined sheet pan with 2 inches of space around them.
- Bake for 10-12 minutes, until just starting to brown around the edges.
- Remove baking sheet from oven, and bang it on the counter 2-3 times.
- Let sit on baking sheet for 2 minutes, then remove and let cool on a rack.
Notes
Storage Tips:
These cookies will keep at room temperature in an airtight container for 2-3 days after baking. You can also freeze them for up to 3 months.
Expert Tips:
The reason we bake these cookies at 325 degrees Fahrenheit is that match cookies brown easily in a hot oven. A lower baking temperature helps maintain the glorious green color! Take out of the oven just as soon as you see any browning around the edges of the cookies.
We love the bang-on-the-counter trick for making the best chewy matcha white chocolate cookies around. It flattens the cookies a bit as they cool, making them a little more dense and chewy. Works with chocolate chip cookies, and with these as well!
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Nutrition Information:
Yield: 18 Serving Size: 1Amount Per Serving: Calories: 299Total Fat: 14gSaturated Fat: 9gTrans Fat: 0gUnsaturated Fat: 5gCholesterol: 45mgSodium: 146mgCarbohydrates: 39gFiber: 1gSugar: 24gProtein: 4g
Nutrition information is provided as a general reference for users courtesy of the online nutrition calculator Nutritionix.
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Jeff the Chef @ Make It Like a Man! says
What an interesting cookie. I'll bet that the white chocolate chips are really good in that context. Thanks also for sharing the tips, especially the one about discoloring.
Chef Molly says
Thanks Jeff! The matcha + white chocolate is a really tasty combination!