Recipe: Easy bite size, mini matcha cookies you can whip up with 5 ingredients. Not too sweet, not too bitter. It tastes just right.

Number of steps:  6 easy steps
Time taken: 10 min to prepare, 8 min in oven
Approx. 30 kcal per cookie

About This Dish:
Being a girl, sometimes you just crave for desserts. Unfortunately, I find the cookies and sweets in Boston too sweet compared to those in Japan. Solution? Bake my own! These matcha cookies are not too sweet, but not too bitter; it makes the taste of matcha truly come out. All you need is flour, butter, sugar, matcha powder and an egg yolk. I'm not a professional baker, and I must say these cookies came out perfect. Just make sure to use room temperature butter!

Note: The cookies I made are tiny, bite size, miniature cookies. Please cut and bake according to your taste!


What You Need:
(For approximately 30 mini bite sized cookies)

• 1/2 cup all purpose flour (120g)
• 1 - 1.5 teaspoon matcha powder (~6g)
• 4 tablespoons unsalted butter (60g) *Room temperature
• 3 - 3.5 tablespoons white sugar (~45g)
• 1 egg yolk
  

1. Sift the flour and matcha powder together into a bowl.

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4. Wrap up the dough into saran wrap and place it in the fridge for a minimum of 1 hour. I rolled it up since it's easy to cut up when baking! Pre heat the oven to 335F or 170C.

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2. In a separate bowl, mix the butter (room temperature) and sugar together until it becomes a little creamy. Then, stir in the egg yolk.

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5. On an oven safe pan, line up the cut up cookies. I usually apply a super thin coat of oil on aluminum foil. You could also use cookie sheets, of course. Place in the oven for 8 - 10 minutes.

**You can also add sesame seeds, chocolate chips on the cookies!

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3. Add the sifted flour and matcha powder into the mix from step 2. Mix until it becomes smooth like the photo above. I started using my hands in the middle :P

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6. Cool the cookies down and enjoy :)

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