This Bready or Not Original creates thick, rich cookies with the fresh flavor of matcha.
Course: Dessert, Snack
Cuisine: Japanese
Keyword: cookies, cream cheese, tea
Author: Beth Cato
Ingredients
1cupunsalted buttertwo cubes, softened
8ozcream cheese1 box, softened
3/4cupwhite sugar
3/4cupbrown sugarpacked
1eggroom temperature
1tspvanilla extract
2 1/2cupsflour
1Tbmatcha powder
1tspbaking powder
1/2tspsalt
Instructions
Preheat oven to 350-degrees.
Cream together the butter, cream cheese, and sugars. Add the egg and vanilla and mix well. Sift dry ingredients together and slowly incorporate them with the wet ingredients.
Use a tablespoon scoop to transfer dough to a cookie sheet. The dough will not spread much as it cooks.
Bake for 10-12 minutes. Leave them on the cookie sheet for a few minutes before moving to a rack to cool.