Happy holidays! Lots of travel and celebrations kept me away, but I missed being home. After eating out so much, I think you start to crave a cozy meal at home. It’s been a warmer winter, but still colder than the places I’ve been bopping around. The dark and rain make it feel colder than it is, so winter makes me happy to have the oven on.
Holidays have been full of gatherings and one of the easiest handheld to bring is a cookie! I love doubling up a recipe to freeze up some extra cookie dough. Half baked for now and half to bake for later since nothing really beats a freshly baked cookie. This matcha cookies are eye-catching with their green tinge. The matcha flavor helps balance the sweet chocolate chips and the dried cranberries add some texture and tartness.
Ingredients
Matcha – use a higher quality matcha, ceremonial or premium, as they will be more green!
Cranberries – I know some people are very much anti-cranberry, so these can be taken out, however replace them with more white chocolate chips, otherwise you will have some sparse looking cookies.
White Chocolate Cranberry Matcha Cookies
Equipment
- 1 Stand mixer recommended
Ingredients
- 1 cup butter softened
- 1 cup brown sugar
- 1/2 cup white sugar
- 2 tbsp matcha powder
- 2 eggs
- 2 1/2 cups all-purpose flour
- 2 tsp salt
- 1 tsp baking soda
- 2 cups white chocolate chips
- 2 cups dried cranberries
Instructions
- Cream together butter, brown sugar and white sugar until creamy and smooth. Periodically stop the mixer to scrape the butter and sugar off of the paddle.
- Sift in matcha powder and continue mixing.
- Add salt and eggs, one at a time, and continue mixing.
- Add AP flour and baking soda until just combined. Don't worry if it's a little streaky, you'll continue mixing with the mix-ins.
- Add in the mix-ins and mix just another few seconds until the mix-ins are distributed.
- If you have time, pre-scoop your cookies and refrigerate for a few hours before baking.
- Bake at 350F for ~12 minutes.
- Cool and enjoy!
More cookies? Try Chocolate Chip Walnut Cookies or Kitchen Sink Cookies