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    Urban Bliss Life » All Recipes » Cookie Recipes » Matcha Crinkle Cookies

    Published: March 14, 2022 / Updated: March 15, 2022 by Marlynn Jayme Schotland · This post may contain affiliate links.

    Matcha Crinkle Cookies

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    Matcha Crinkle Cookies are super soft green tea cookies, with that classic cracked crinkle top. These are delicate, light, and chewy cookies that are freezer friendly.

    plate of bright green matcha crinkle cookies stacked on top of one another on a bright blue background.

    Crinkle cookies are a classic, popular type of cookie - for good reason!

    The signature tops of crinkle cookies are cracked and coated with powdered sugar. They tend to be softer, fluffier cookies than other cookies. They also tend to freeze well, so they're great to make ahead of time!

    My Matcha Crinkle Cookies are a flavorful modern twist on this classic cookie style. Unlike my Lemon Crinkle Cookies, Strawberry Crinkle Cookies, and Red Velvet Crinkle Cookies, these green tea cookies do not contain cake mix. The batter is made completely from scratch.

    Like my Chewy Chocolate Fudge Cookies, these matcha cookies are thinner than the traditional cake-y crinkle cookies. They also have an almost fudgy center, so these are delicate, chewy cookies.

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    • 💚 What is matcha?
    • ⏲ Kitchen tools and equipment
    • Ingredients
    • ✅ Step-by-step baking instructions
    • 🍪 Important Baking Tips and FAQs
    • 🍽 What to serve with green tea cookies
    • More cookie recipes
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    💚 What is matcha?

    plate of bright green matcha crinkle cookies stacked on top of one another on a bright blue background.

    Matcha is essentially green tea powder. But these are not just made from any green tea. Matcha is finely ground powder from high grade green tea leaves that are specially grown.

    This powdered green tea has become popular in part due to its reported health benefits.

    Matcha is reportedly:

    • high in antioxidants
    • boosts brain function
    • may help protect the liver
    • may help prevent cancer
    • might aid in weight loss
    small bowl of bright green matcha green tea powder on a green and white napkin.

    Of course, consult your personal doctor before including matcha in any sort of dietary regiment.

    But it's a fun, vibrant, delicious ingredient to add to drinks, cookies, cakes, donuts, smoothies, and more! I love the bright green color it adds to these cookies.

    ⏲ Kitchen tools and equipment

    plate of bright green matcha crinkle cookies stacked on top of one another on a bright blue background.

    For this recipe, you just need a few basic kitchen tools:

    Mixing bowls - You'll need mixing bowls to make these cookies.

    Stand mixer - You will also need a stand mixer. If you don't have a stand mixer, you can use a hand mixer and large mixing bowl.

    Whisk - Make sure you have a sturdy whisk to combine the ingredients.

    Spatula - A silicone spatula is helpful to scrape down the sides of the bowls while mixing ingredients.

    Baking sheets - You'll need one or two baking sheets to bake the cookies, along with either parchment paper or silicone baking mats.

    Ingredients

    bowls of ingredients to make matcha crinkle cookies on a bright blue background.

    Flour - I use half all-purpose flour and half cake flour, which creates a delicate, light cookie. If you prefer a sturdier cookie with more structure, you could use 100% all-purpose flour.

    Matcha powder - Use culinary grade matcha to make these cookies; this is the matcha powder that I have used with success. You can also use ceremonial grade matcha if you prefer. Ceremonial grade matcha is more expensive, and great to use if you are using matcha as a tea or in other drinks. Otherwise, culinary grade matcha works perfectly in baked goods!

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    Salt - I use kosher salt in this recipe. Since it's a small amount, you can substitute an equal amount of table salt instead.

    Vegetable oil - Using vegetable oil instead of butter helps make these cookies moist and light.

    Egg - Make sure you take your egg out about 30 minutes before you start baking so that it is at room temperature when you mix it into the dough.

    bowls of granulated sugar and powdered sugar for cookies.

    Granulated sugar - You'll need granulated sugar for the dough, but also for the outer coating. Rolling the cookie dough first in granulated sugar helps make it easier to shape the sticky dough into a ball. It also helps the powdered sugar stick better to create that classic cracked crinkle top.

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    ✅ Step-by-step baking instructions

    Exact measurements are in the printable recipe card near the bottom of the post. Reading through these helpful longer instructions will help you make the best cookies!

    dry ingredients to make green tea cookies
    matcha flour mixture with whisk

    In a large bowl, whisk together the cake flour, matcha powder, baking powder, baking soda, and salt. Set aside.

    sugar and eggs in a bowl
    ingredients mixing for green tea cookies
    matcha cookie batter

    In a stand mixer - or in a large bowl using a hand mixer - beat together the eggs and 1 cup of the granulated sugar until light yellow and fluffy. Beat in the vegetable oil.

    Slowly add the dry ingredient mixture into the wet mixture until well combined.

    Chill the bowl in the refrigerator for at least one hour.

    While the dough is chilling, place the remaining ½ cup of granulated sugar in a shallow bowl. Place the powdered sugar in a shallow bowl. Line a baking sheet with parchment paper.

    After the dough has chilled for at least one hour, remove from the refrigerator. Preheat the oven to 320°F.

    IMPORTANT NOTE: the dough WILL be sticky, and that's ok! If you scoop out the dough with a cookie scoop or spoon, and use your hands to form as close to a round ball as possible, then dunk it quickly into the granulated sugar. Start rolling it around in the sugar - the granulated sugar actually helps you shape and form the dough into more of a round ball.

    matcha crinkle cookies ready to bake

    Using a spoon or a medium cookie scoop, form the dough into small dough balls.

    The dough will be sticky and this part can get messy, but try to use one hand for scooping/forming the dough balls and the other hand for rolling the balls in the sugars.

    First, roll each dough ball into the granulated sugar, then into the powdered sugar, and set onto the prepared baking sheet about 2 inches apart.

    Bake one cookie sheet at a time, for 9 to 11 minutes, just until the tops are cracked and almost set. Remove and let the cookies cool in the pan for 5 to 10 minutes before transferring to a cooling rack.

    Repeat baking the remaining batches. In total, you should bake about 3 or 4 batches, depending on the size of your cookies and how many you fit onto one sheet pan.

    This recipe makes approximately 30 cookies.

    🍪 Important Baking Tips and FAQs

    closeup tray of bright green matcha crinkle cookies with powdered sugar sprinkles.
    Do I need to refrigerate the dough?

    Yes. I've tried only chilling the dough for 30 minutes, and it was NOT enough. I found that chilling the dough in the refrigerator for at least 1 hour makes it firm enough (but still sticky) to form cookie balls. You can chill your dough for longer if you feel it is necessary.

    What does chilling the dough do?

    In addition to making it easier to shape the dough, chilling the dough also helps the egg and butter incorporate throughout the dough. It helps the cookies spread less when baked. In some baking recipes, chilling the dough is an option. However, in this matcha crinkle cookie recipe, it is VERY IMPORTANT to chill the dough.

    Why is baking crinkle cookies at 320°F so important?

    Delicate crinkle cookies need to bake at 320°F in order to have the outside and inside of the cookies bake evenly. This helps give the cookies that classic cracked crinkle top.

    If you bake these cookies at the standard 350°F that you bake most other cookies at, the outside will bake and harden too quickly.

    For evenly baked cookies, bake one cookie sheet at a time in the center oven rack.

    I know it feels impossible when we just want to chow down on these cookies right away, but if you can, just bake one cookie sheet at a time. Place the sheet in the center rack. Crinkle cookies are more sensitive than other cookies, and this allows them to get all of the heat from the oven needed to bake evenly.

    What's the best way to store crinkle cookies?

    Store in an airtight container at room temperature for up to one week. You can also store in the refrigerator in an airtight container for up to about 7 to 10 days.

    What if I just can't wait? Can I bake two cookie sheets at a time?

    Yes, you can. Just be sure that halfway through the baking time, you switch the sheets so that the top sheet is on the bottom rack and the bottom sheet moves to the top rack. AND: be sure to rotate each rack 180 degrees, so that the side that faced the back of the oven now faces the front. Rotating racks halfway through helps the cookies bake more evenly.

    🍽 What to serve with green tea cookies

    closeup flatlay of two plates of bright green matcha crinkle cookies with smaller plate of matcha powder.

    Thanks to their bright green color, these matcha crinkle cookies are fantastic for St. Patrick's Day, Easter, or even Christmas!

    Serve them for afternoon tea along with your favorite assortment of teas.

    💚 If you're serving them at a table with a green theme, consider serving them with Green Velvet Cake with Cream Cheese Frosting, Mint Chocolate Chip Brownies, and Shamrock Shakes!

    stack of bright green matcha crinkle cookies on a white scalloped plate.

    More cookie recipes

    You may also want to try our Key Lime Cookies, Citrus Sugar Cookies, or Chewy Peanut Butter Cookies. Or, try one of these other crinkle cookie recipes:

    • Strawberry Crinkle Cookies
    • Easy Lemon Crinkle Cookies
    • Chewy Chocolate Fudge Cookies
    • Red Velvet Crinkle Cookies

    Did you make this recipe? Don't forget to leave a 5-Star 🌟🌟🌟🌟🌟 rating in the recipe card, and if you really loved it, please leave a comment further down on the page. Thank you!

    Matcha Crinkle Cookies

    5 from 7 votes
    Prep Time: 15 mins
    Cook Time: 10 mins
    Chill time: 1 hr
    Total Time: 1 hr 25 mins
    Recipe by Marlynn Schotland
    These green tea cookies have a classic crinkle top and chewy center
    Servings: 30 cookies
    Calories: 123kcal
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    Equipment

    • Baking Sheet

    Ingredients

    • 2 cups cake flour
    • ¼ cup matcha powder
    • 2 teaspoons baking powder
    • ½ teaspoon baking soda
    • ½ teaspoon kosher salt
    • 4 large eggs, at room temperature
    • 1½ cups granulated sugar, divided
    • ½ cup vegetable oil
    • ½ cup powdered sugar

    Instructions

    • In a large bowl, whisk together the cake flour, matcha powder, baking powder, baking soda, and salt. Set aside.
    • In a stand mixer - or in a large bowl using a hand mixer - beat together the eggs and 1 cup of the granulated sugar until light yellow and fluffy. Beat in the vegetable oil.
    • Slowly add the dry ingredient mixture into the wet mixture. Chill the bowl in the refrigerator for one hour.
    • Place the remaining ½ cup of granulated sugar in a shallow bowl. Place the powdered sugar in a shallow bowl. Line a baking sheet with parchment paper.
    • After the dough has chilled for one hour, remove from the refrigerator. Preheat the oven to 320°F.
    • Using a spoon or a medium cookie scoop, form the dough into small dough balls. The dough will be sticky and this part can get messy, but try to use one hand for scooping/forming the dough balls and the other hand for rolling the balls in the sugars. First, roll each dough ball into the granulated sugar, then into the powdered sugar, and set onto the prepared baking sheet about 2 inches apart.
    • Bake one cookie sheet at a time, for 9 to 11 minutes, just until the tops are cracked and almost set. Remove and let the cookies cool in the pan for 5 to 10 minutes before transferring to a cooling rack.
    • Repeat baking the remaining batches. In total, you should bake about 3 or 4 batches, depending on the size of your cookies and how many you fit onto one sheet pan.

    Notes

    Matcha powder: The specific matcha powder you use will determine the final taste and texture of these crinkle cookies. Choose a high quality culinary grade matcha powder.
    Chilling the batter: The batter will be sticky and needs to chill for 1 hour in the refrigerator. After that, it will be firmer, yet still stickier and messier than other cookie dough. This is okay!
    Forming the cookies: Do your best to scoop out round dough balls from the sticky batter, then plop them into the granulated sugar. They may not be perfectly round when you place them into the granulated sugar, but they will be easier to form into round balls as they roll in the sugar. 
    Baking at 320°F: Do not attempt to bake crinkle cookies at the regular 350°F as you would other cookies. The outside will harden too quickly and you won't get that classic cracked crinkle top. Baking these cookies at 320°F allows the top to harden at just the right time so the center bakes nicely as well. 
    PATIENCE: I find that baking one sheet at a time works best when making crinkle cookies from scratch. This kind of cookie really needs the heat circulating evenly on all sides, with nothing blocking it (like another sheet pan). However, if you're in a hurry, you can bake two sheets at a time if you really want to, but they might not bake as evenly. 
    Tried this recipe?Please leave a star rating and comment! Then snap a pic of your dish and share it on social media. Tag @UrbanBlissLife and #UrbanBlissLife!

    Nutrition

    Calories: 123kcal | Carbohydrates: 18g | Protein: 3g | Fat: 4g | Saturated Fat: 1g | Polyunsaturated Fat: 2g | Monounsaturated Fat: 1g | Trans Fat: 1g | Cholesterol: 22mg | Sodium: 94mg | Potassium: 17mg | Fiber: 1g | Sugar: 12g | Vitamin A: 130IU | Calcium: 20mg | Iron: 1mg

    Nutrition information is a general estimate. Actual nutrition details may vary depending on the exact foods & brands you use to make this recipe. It does not take into account any substitutions, toppings, or optional ingredients.

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      1. Patty at Spoonabilities says

        March 14, 2022 at 9:22 pm

        5 stars
        Oh the crinkle outer layer and chewy inner layer... these are SO YUM!

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      2. Artney says

        March 14, 2022 at 9:08 pm

        5 stars
        These cookies are so fun and I absolutely love how pretty they are! The matcha is the perfect addition.

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      3. Anjali says

        March 14, 2022 at 6:22 pm

        5 stars
        I love matcha but never thought to make cookies with it! Can't wait to try this recipe soon!

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      4. Elaine says

        March 14, 2022 at 5:16 pm

        5 stars
        I've got to stock up on these - they are too good and so special!

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      5. Amanda says

        March 14, 2022 at 4:59 pm

        5 stars
        I just love the matcha addition to your traditional crinkle cookies! It adds such a nice flavor and makes for a beautiful presentation.

        Reply

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