Matcha white chocolate chips cookies (version 2)

Hello people, here's the second recipe which I tried in my quest to search for the best matcha cookie. In my opinion, I prefer this version to version 1 (click here) because this has a stronger matcha taste. Anyway, both recipes make yummy cookies, it is really up to your own preference.

Recipe adapted from justonecookbook
(do visit justonecookbook for step-by-step pictures!)

Ingredients
240g all purpose flour
15g green tea powder (matcha)
150g unsalted butter, softened
130g powder sugar
Pinch of salt
2 large egg yolks
1/3 - 1/2 cup white chocolate chips

Method
1. Sift the flour and the matcha powder.

2. Cream together the butter, sugar, and salt until soft and light.

3. Add the egg yolks and beat well.

4. Gradually add the flour/matcha powder mixture.

5. Fold in the white chocolate chips.

6. Shape the dough into 2 round logs and wrap them in plastic wrap. Place your wrapped log on a bed of rice to chill to remain its cylindrical shape. Chill in refrigerator for several hours or, better yet, overnight.

Preheat oven to 150C degrees. Remove the dough from plastic wrap and cut the cookie slices to 7mm (1/4 inch) thick. It might be hard to cut due to chocolate chips, so be gentle!

Bake for 20-22 minutes then cool on a rack.


I think this is one of the most photogenic cookies that I have ever baked. Brightly green in colour, surely make a good christmas cookie as well!

I love to stack them up as high as possible! It's so fun!

These cookies serve as great gifts as well! Pack them nicely in a box and they could be the best gift one ever receives this christmas. After all, nothing's better than a box of freshly baked cookies that are made with lots of love? I would definitely love to receive a box of these lovelies.

Not only christmas, I think these are great for chinese new year as well. Hence, I am thinking of baking these for CNY to treat my relatives. Hope they will love it as much as I did.

What about you?

Try it! Good luck! :)

Matcha white chocolate chip cookies (version 1)

Jingle bells, jingle bells, jingle all the way~
HOHOHO, MERRY CHRISTMAS!

Hello everyone, I am definitely getting into the christmas mood nowadays. I really can't wait for christmas! Eager to meet all my friends, and have parties with gift exchanges!

For the festive season, I'm getting into the cookie baking frenzy! Nope, not baking the conventional christmas cut out cookies with icing decorations, but specials ones like matcha flavour. In case you do not know, matcha is japanese green tea. I love the fragrance of it. (yes, currently obsessed over matcha flavoured food as well :P) I experimented with 2 different recipes that gave me 2 completely different result. In the post I will be posting version 1, which is more like the normal kind of white chocolate chip cookie with subtle matcha flavour. Version 2 (click here)is more crunchy and has a more intense matcha flavour. I gave them to a few friends to taste, but the conclusion was both versions are nice! Depends on your own preference though.

Recipe adapted from hilarymakes.com
Ingredients
2 1/4 cups all purpose flour
1/2 tsp baking soda
1 tsp salt
2 tbsp matcha powder
1 cup unsalted butter, at room temperature
1/2 cup white sugar
1 cup packed brown sugar
1 tsp pure vanilla extract
2 large eggs
6 oz good quality white chocolate chips

Method
1. Preheat the oven to 180°C.

2. In a small bowl, whisk together the flour, matcha powder, baking soda and salt

3. In another larger bowl, mix together the butter with both sugars, until light and fluffy. Add the vanilla and eggs. Beat until well mixed.
Add the flour mixture and mix until just combined.

4. Fold in the white chocolate chunks.

5. Drop heaping tablespoons of the dough on a non-stick baking sheet, or a pan lined with parchment paper. Bake until cookies are golden around the edges, but still soft in the centre.

Makes 3 dozen


Pardon me for the lack of skills which resulted in the cookies turning out kind of ugly ): BUT, taste-wise it was really good, no joke! I stacked up my cookies into a pyramid and with my awesome photo editing skills I made a christmas tree out of it. HAHAHA. Looks decent right??

Try it yourself!

Good luck! :)

Matcha (Green Tea) pound cake

Apologies for the long hiatus from blogging again! Had been busy juggling school and social life these days, I just cleared several mid term tests few days ago. Can finally take a breather, and do things that make me happy. That is... Baking! :D Since I had some time to spare today, I decided to bake a loaf cake! Very glad that I finally bought a loaf pan! Been seeing many recipes that use loaf pan to bake, and the cakes really turned out good! After contemplating for months, I finally decided to invest in one. So, cheers to more loaf cakes in future! Can't wait!

So for my maiden attempt baking a loaf, a matcha cake was baked! Matcha, also known as green tea, is an awesome product. There are tonnes of health benefits such as increasing the metabolism and anti-depressant... Go google to find out more! Benefits aside, I love the subtle aroma of green tea. It's such a delightful flavour, a good alternative to heavy flavours like chocolate and coffee. I will definitely explore more recipes with my newly bought matcha powder. Matcha cookies, matcha chiffon cake, matcha macarons.... *imagines more matcha products* Anyway, this matcha cake that I baked was delish! Only downside is probably it is not sweet enough for my sweet tooth! I altered the recipe and reduced the amount of sugar to 1/2 cup thinking that it would suit my health conscious family more. Yes, my parents accepted it well, but for the sweet tooth of mine, nope! Another thing I like about this recipe is that it is super fast and easy! Just mix everything together, and pop it into the oven. I took about 15 minutes, one of the fastest baking sessions I have ever done.

Recipe adapted from appetiteforchina
Makes 1 loaf

Ingredients
1 cup all-purpose flour
1/2 teaspoon baking powder
2 teaspoons green tea powder
1 cup unsalted butter, softened
2/3 cup sugar
2 large eggs, beaten

Method
1. Preheat the oven to 175 degrees C.
2. In a large bowl, sift together the flour, baking powder, and green tea powder.
3. In another bowl, using a mixer, cream the butter and sugar until light and fluffy. Slowly beat in the eggs. Add the sifted flour mixture and mix until well-combined.
4. Pour the batter into a buttered loaf pan (I used a 9"x5" pan). Bake for about 35 minutes, until a toothpick inserted in the center comes out clean. Let cool for 5 minutes before removing from the pan.