These eye-catching matcha cookies are a sweet tea-time treat. White chocolate chunks and a pistachio centre will bring a bit of luxury to your next afternoon tea.
Note: This recipes requires 5 hours freezing time.
Ingredients
Method
Spoon 2 teaspoons of pistachio spread into mounds onto a large oven tray lined with baking paper. Freeze for 1 hour.
Place cold butter, sugars and vanilla in the bowl of an electric mixer and beat for 2 minutes, or until combined and sandy.
Add the flours, matcha powder, bicarbonate of soda, baking powder and salt and mix on low speed until just combined. Add the eggs and mix until just combined. Add the chopped chocolate and mix until just combined – don’t over-mix.
Divide the dough into 10 portions and press into flat rounds. Remove pistachio spread mounds from the freezer and place one in the centre of each dough round. Gather the dough and shape into a ball to enclose the pistachio spread.
Place the cookie dough balls on the same lined tray and freeze for 4 hours or until frozen.
Preheat the oven to 180°C (160°C fan-forced). Line another 2 oven trays with baking paper. Place 3-4 cookie dough balls on each tray, allowing room for spreading. Bake matcha cookies for 20-25 minutes, rotating trays halfway through cooking, or until firm to the touch and crisp at the edges.
Gently tap the trays to flatten the cookies and even out the shapes. Stand on the trays for 10 minutes before transferring to a wire rack. Serve matcha cookies warm or cooled.
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Why freeze the Matcha cookies before baking?
Freezing the dough rolled into large balls helps the cookies keep their shape while baking and makes the centres lava-like when eaten while warm.
Storing the Matcha cookies
Store baked cookies in an airtight container for up to one week, although as the cookies are baked from frozen you can simply bake as many as you need. Matcha cookies are at their most delicious fresh from the oven.
What is matcha powder?
Matcha is a powdered green tea. It is used as a flavouring in both sweet and savoury recipes. Try our matcha mint slice, and white chocolate and matcha cheesecake.
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