Cookies Santa will love
It’s safe to say that Santa Claus is quite the cookie connoisseur. This Christmas, why not change things up for the jolly fellow with this matcha tea and white chocolate cookie recipe? Better yet, serve them up on a red napkin or a Christmas-themed plate for a total festive feel.
Matcha is a type of green tea that is very popular in Japan, and it gives the foods and drinks it is used in an eye-catching green colour - a perfect fit with any holiday decorations on a table!
This recipe is from my roommate, Dominique, and is a favourite all-year round!
Ingredients
2 cups of all-purpose flour
3 heaping tablespoons of matcha tea powder (don’t hesitate to really make those tablespoons heaping)
½ tablespoon baking soda
½ teaspoon salt
¾ cup unsalted unmelted butter
1 cup brown sugar (can substitute same amount of white sugar)
2 eggs
1 teaspoon vanilla extract (real stuff is best, but Santa won’t judge if you go for artificial)
1 cup white chocolate chips
Preparation
1. In a bowl, mix the flour, the matcha tea powder, the baking soda, and the salt with a whisk. Put aside.
2. In a large bowl, use a hand or stand mixer to mix the butter with the sugar. Incorporate the eggs and the vanilla extract until mix is light and fluffy.
3. At low speed, add the dry ingredients from step one to the mix in step two until the mixture is homogeneous, but no more than that. Add in the chocolate chips.
4. Cover the bowl with plastic wrap and refrigerate for 30 minutes. In the meantime, preheat the oven to 350 degrees Fahrenheit.
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5. Put one-inch balls of cookie dough on two baking sheets covered with food-safe parchment paper, spacing each ball by about two inches.
6. With the oven heated, put one sheet in the top third of the oven and the other in the bottom third. Bake for 10 to 12 minutes or until cookies are slightly golden, switching the sheets halfway through baking.
8. Remove sheets from oven and let cool for about five minutes. Remove cookies from sheets and place on tray and let cool completely.
Makes about 36 cookies – enough for St. Nick to come back for thirds.
