30-Minute Strawberry Matcha Neapolitan Cookies
Just as tasty as they look, these strawberry matcha neapolitan cookies will make people believe you did a lot more work than you actually did. They also only take 30 minutes to make!
- Prep time
- 20 min
- Cook time
- 10 min
- Yield
- 12 servings
- Difficulty
- MEDIUM
Ingredients
Quantities are shown as originally provided.
- 1 ⅔ cup all purpose flour
- ½ tsp baking soda
- ½ tsp baking powder
- ¼ tsp salt
- ½ cup unsalted butter (room temperature)
- 1 cup granulated sugar (plus ½ cup for rolling)
- 1 egg (room temperature)
- 2 tsp vanilla extract
- ½ cup freeze dried strawberries
- 1 tbsp matcha powder
Instructions
- 1
Preheat the oven to 350 degrees F (177 degrees C).
- 2
Prep 2 baking sheets by covering them with parchment paper.
- 3
Combine 1 ⅔ cup of all purpose flour, ½ tsp of baking soda, ½ tsp of baking powder, and ¼ tsp of salt in a small bowl. Mix and set aside.
- 4
In a separate bowl or the bowl of a stand mixer, whisk together ½ cup of unsalted butter and 1 cup of granulated sugar until well combined.
- 5
Add 1 egg and 2 tsp of vanilla extract to the mixer. Mix until combined.
- 6
Combine the dry ingredients from step 1 with the wet ingredients. Mix until just combined.
- 7
Divide the dough into 3 equal portions. Place each portion in a bowl.
- 8
Using a spice grinder or food processor, pulse ½ cup of freeze dried strawberries until it becomes fine powder. You should end up with ~2 tbsp of strawberry powder. Add the strawberry powder to 1 bowl with the cookie dough. Mix the dough and strawberry powder until combined.
- 9
Add 1 tbsp of matcha powder to another bowl. Mix the dough and matcha powder until combined.
- 10
Take 1 tbsp of dough from each bowl and combine it into 1 cookie dough ball. Each ball should be ~50 grams.
- 11
Add ½ cup of granulated sugar to a small bowl. Coat the dough ball in granulated sugar. Repeat this process until you run out of cookie dough.
- 12
Bake the cookies for 10-12 minutes.
- 13
Cool for 10 minutes before serving.