Green Tea White Chocolate Cookies

Green Tea White Chocolate Cookies
Green Tea White Chocolate Cookies

Ingredients
  • 240 g all purpose flour
  • 15 g green tea powder (matcha)
  • 150 g unsalted butter, softened
  • 130 g powder sugar
  • Pinch of salt
  • 2 large egg yolks
  • ¼-1/3 cup white chocolate chips
  • 1¾ cup all purpose flour
  • 2½ Tbsp. matcha powder (please note 1 Tbsp. matcha is 6 g)
  • ⅔ cup unsalted butter
  • 1 cup + ½ Tbsp. powder sugar
  • Pinch of salt
  • 2 large egg yolks
  • ¼-1/3 cup white chocolate chips

Instructions
  1. Sift the flour and the matcha powder.
  2. Cream together the butter, powder sugar, and salt until soft and light.
  3. Add the egg yolks and beat well.
  4. Gradually add the flour and matcha powder.
  5. Fold in the white chocolate chips.
  6. Shape the dough into 2 round logs.
  7. Wrap the logs in plastic wrap and place them a bed of rice (Your log will stay cylindrical and your cookie slices won’t have a flat side). Chill in refrigerator for several hours or, better yet, overnight.
  8. Preheat oven to 300F (150C) degrees. Remove the dough from plastic wrap and cut the cookie slices to 7mm (1/4 inch) thick. Place them on a baking sheet lined with parchment paper, 1.5 inches apart.
  9. Bake for 20-22 minutes then cool on a rack.