Our Matcha Cookie Recipe Ideas

Looking for a matcha cookie to serve beside a cup of tea? Here, shortbread, crinkle cookies, macarons, and coconut clusters each fit in your hand but call for different methods. If you're serving slices for dessert, larger matcha cakes give you bigger formats.

Choose the texture first. Shortbread should stay crumbly; a macaron has two shells and a filling. Size alone doesn't tell you what the first bite will be like.

Which matcha cookies should you make?

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  A second bake makes matcha biscotti very crisp after they're sliced.
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  The soft center of these matcha crinkle cookies contrasts with their cracked crust; the dough rests before the powdered sugar goes on.
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  White chocolate ganache sits between the two almond shells of these matcha macarons if you enjoy assembling each piece.
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  Without turning on the oven, matcha coconut clusters are pressed into cones and then firm up in the cold.
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  For thin, crumbly cookies, cutout matcha shortbread calls for chilling the dough.

Want another small treat?

If you'd rather shape than bake a cookie, matcha confections change the ingredients and method. For an individual portion more like cake, small matcha cakes include cream puffs and madeleines.