Matcha flavored cookie bars filled with chocolate chip cookies. These green tea chocolate chip cookie bars are soft and chewy and great for gifting!
We have to talk about these cookie bars!
But first, did you see the Super Bowl? Technically, I didn’t. My dad and my cousin were watching so it was in the background for me while I worked on other things.
But what I was waiting for was Lady Gaga’s halftime performance! Did you see it?! While I know Lady Gaga has been controversial over the years, I love that she doesn’t care what other people think. And her songs are super catchy.
The commercials are always fun to watch too.
Okay, cookies. Let’s face it.
Cookies don’t come out perfect all the time. Sometimes they fall apart, sometimes they’re flat, sometimes they’re hard. I have issues all the time. Me + cookies? Sadness. Even when it’s the most foolproof recipe, somehow I manage to mess it up.
But these cookie bars <3
When cookies are in bar form, I don’t have to worry that they’ll fall flat.
One problem solved. Yes!
These green tea chocolate chip cookie bars are lightly sweetened so that the focus is on the matcha flavor. Matcha powder gives the cookies a slightly earthy taste and complements the milk chocolate chips. Plus, you can cut these cookie bars as big or as small as you like. I was torn between 18 or 24 bars. You can decide for yourself =)
Preheat the oven to 350F.
Line a 9x13inch baking pan with aluminum foil with the ends hanging over the sides for easy removal or lightly grease the surface of the baking pan with nonstick cooking spray or olive oil.
In a large sized mixing bowl, whisk together flour, baking powder, salt, and green tea powder.
In medium mixing bowl, Whisk together melted butter and brown sugar. Once combined, whisk in a large whole egg plus an extra yolk, and vanilla extract until combined.
Pour the wet ingredients into the dry ingredients and whisk until combined. Fold in the chocolate chips.
Evenly spread the batter into the baking pan. Bake for 32-35 minutes or until toothpick comes out relatively clean when inserted. Remove the baking pan from the oven and allow the cookie bars to cool before cutting into them. Otherwise, the cookie bars will fall apart.
Store the green tea chocolate chip cookie bars in an airtight container at room temperature or in the fridge for up to a week.
Serve these green tea chocolate chip cookie bars warm with tea, hot chocolate, or coffee.
Enjoy!
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- 2 cups all purpose flour
- 1 teaspoon baking powder
- ½ teaspoon salt
- 3 tablespoons green tea powder
- 1 cup butter, melted
- 1½ cup brown sugar
- 1 large egg + 1 yolk
- 1½ tablespoons vanilla extract
- ¾ cup chocolate chips
- Preheat the oven to 350F. Line a 9x13inch baking pan with aluminum foil with the ends hanging over the sides for easy removal or lightly grease the surface of the baking pan with nonstick cooking spray or olive oil.
- In a large sized mixing bowl, whisk together flour, baking powder, salt, and green tea powder.
- In medium mixing bowl, Whisk together melted butter and brown sugar. Once combined, whisk in a large whole egg plus an extra yolk, and vanilla extract until combined.
- Pour the wet ingredients into the dry ingredients and whisk until combined. Fold in the chocolate chips.
- Evenly spread the batter into the baking pan. Bake for 32-35 minutes or until toothpick comes out relatively clean when inserted. Remove the baking pan from the oven and allow the cookie bars to cool before cutting into them. Otherwise, the cookie bars will fall apart.
- Store the green tea chocolate chip cookie bars in an airtight container at room temperature or in the fridge for up to a week.
- Serve these green tea chocolate chip cookie bars warm.
I love matcha green tea and I looove this idea! Will try this with one of my next energy bars! Thanks for your inspiration!
Hope you’ll like it!
Thanks for liking! Your blog is so cute!
Thank you!
Seems very tasty.
This goes on my recipe list! I’m a horrible cook but we’ll soon be moving to a bigger flat with a proper kitchen and I want to improve. So I’m recipe-hoarding right now! 😉
It just takes practice to get better at cooking. And you’ll definitely get it with a new kitchen! Hope you’ll get the chance to try this!
i am so excited to try this out! looks really nutritious!
Hope you’ll like it!
I never had Green Tea Cookies before. I’d try anything once, they look delicious.
I hope you’ll get the chance to try these!
I’m not sure if these would be my favorite,bu your presentation is a winner!
Do you have a favorite type of matcha powder to bake with? I’ve been meaning to bake with matcha for a ridiculously long time and really need to try it already! I ate all matcha everything when I was in Japan and got hooked 🙂
I use the Maeda-en culinary grade green tea powder. Hope that helps!
Okay, I have to say it straight out – – I have no idea what “matcha” is. But I love the idea of green tea mixed into cookies. We drink a lot of green smoothies and we’re always looking to expand our recipe book. So……what is this thing you call matcha and why isn’t it in your ingredients list? Is it basically, the gree tea powder?
Matcha is the Japanese word for green tea. So matcha powder is green tea powder. Hope that helps!
Thank you. Now I know. 🙂
I love matcha. I am constantly surprised how many people shy away from green food. I have shared photos of my green matcha smoothies and acai bowls on occasion and met with disgust by many. People have looked querulously at my matcha bliss balls and cookies too. lol. Green food has got to be popular more often than just St Patricks Day. Surely? Lov your recipie.
I know exactly what you mean lol