Japanese Matcha Chocolate Chip Cookies

Directions

1. 1

   Melt butter on very low heat until just melted through. Turn off heat and whisk in matcha, shiro miso, and vanilla. Cool in refrigerator until solid but not hardened.

2. 2

   In a bowl, add the cooled butter mixture, both sugars and whisk until combined. Add egg yolk and whisk again.

3. 3

   Add dry ingredients and combine using a spatula.

4. 4

   Add chocolate chunks and fold in.

5. 5

   Scoop out 70 gram balls onto a parchment lined baking tray (preferably a not a darker coloured tray) and bake in a preheat oven at 190°C for 12 minutes.

6. 6

   Immediately after they come out of the oven, very lightly flatten the cookies by hand and circle a cookie cutter around the cookie to make it round. Sprinkle a good amount of flaky sea salt over them.

7. 7

   Let cookies cool until firm.