These cookies turn heads with their vivid green color and green tea flavor. Matcha crinkle cookies are chewy, slightly sweet, and a perfect addition to your Christmas cookie rotation. If you're a matcha fan you'll love these delicious green tea cookies too!
Preheat your oven to 400 degrees Fahrenheit. Prepare a baking sheet (or two) with parchment paper.
In a large bowl sift together the flour, cake flour, cornstarch, matcha powder, baking soda, baking powder, and salt. Whisk then set aside.
In the bowl of your stand mixer add the unsalted butter, brown sugar, and white sugar. Cream the butter and sugars with the paddle attachment for 3-5 minutes.
While mixing on low add your egg, egg yolk, and vanilla. Continue to mix until combined.
Add your flour mixture ⅓ at a time while mixing slowly. Continue to add the flour and mix until a smooth cookie dough forms. Turn the speed up on your stand mixer as necessary. The beginning bit can be messy.
Using a large cookie scoop, create 8 cookie dough balls. Press the dough down gently and evenly.
Bake the cookies for 8-12 minutes or until the edges are just golden.
Remove from the oven and let them cool on a wire rack.
Notes
For perfect circular shaped cookies use a large round cookie cutter or even a cup to help shape the matcha cookies when they come out of the oven. They'll be soft enough at this point to gently nudge them into perfect circles.Chilling your cookie dough is not necessary, but can be done if you're preparing dough ahead of time.Room temperature ingredients - As always, room-temperature ingredients are ideal. Your batters, doughs, and mixes will all come together more easily if the ingredients are all at the same temperature. Unless otherwise noted, the best practice is room temp ingredients. Set out cold ingredients for at least 30 minutes before starting your recipe.