🫶🏻 🍵 Matcha White Chocolate Chip Cookies

Ingredients

• 1.25 cups All-Purpose Flour (slightly less than typical cookie recipes)
• 2 tablespoons Corn Starch (helps keep cookies extra soft)
• 2 teaspoons Matcha Powder (ceremonial grade for best flavor and color)
• 1 teaspoon Baking Powder
• 0.25 teaspoon Salt
• 0.5 cup Unsalted Butter (softened to room temperature)
• 0.5 cup Granulated Sugar
• 0.5 cup Light Brown Sugar
• 1 large Egg (room temperature)
• 1 teaspoon Vanilla Extract
• 1 cup White Chocolate (chopped thick white chocolate bar; can use chunks or chips)

Instructions

1. Preheat Oven

   Set the oven to 350°F (175°C) and let it preheat fully.

   Time: PT10M

   Temperature: 350°F

2. Combine Dry Ingredients

   In a medium mixing bowl whisk together the flour, corn starch, matcha powder, baking powder, and salt until well blended.

   Time: PT5M

3. Cream Butter and Sugars

   In a large bowl, beat the softened butter, granulated sugar, and light brown sugar together until the mixture is light and fluffy.

   Time: PT3M

4. Add Egg and Vanilla

   Add the egg and vanilla extract to the butter‑sugar mixture and beat until fully incorporated.

   Time: PT2M

5. Incorporate Dry Ingredients

   Gradually add the dry ingredient mixture to the wet mixture, stirring just until the flour disappears. Do not overmix.

   Time: PT3M

6. Fold in White Chocolate

   Gently fold the chopped white chocolate chunks into the dough until evenly distributed.

   Time: PT2M

7. Chill Dough

   Cover the dough with plastic wrap and refrigerate for 30 minutes to firm up.

   Time: PT30M

   Temperature: 4°C

8. Portion Cookies

   Line a baking sheet with parchment paper. Scoop rounded tablespoons (about 2 tbsp) of dough onto the sheet, spacing them 2 inches apart.

   Time: PT5M

9. Bake

   Bake the cookies for 12 minutes, or until the edges are set and the centers look slightly soft.

   Time: PT12M

   Temperature: 350°F

10. Cool

    Allow the cookies to cool on the baking sheet for 5 minutes, then transfer to a cooling rack to cool completely.

    Time: PT10M

Nutrition Facts

Calories

120

Protein

1 g

Carbohydrates

15 g

Fat

7 g

Fiber

0.5 g