Today’s post has been sponsored by Aiya Matcha. All thoughts and opinions are my own. The weather’s cooling off, and fall is in the air. What better time to bake a batch of matcha iced sugar cookies! Soft chewy bite-sized cookies with a dollop of rich and creamy matcha green tea icing on top! I used my go-to culinary green tea matcha powder from Aiya Matcha to make the icing for the cookies, which is also naturally flavored and colored in 3 shades of matcha green. Pair these cookies your favorite matcha latte or fall beverage and you have the perfect seasonal matcha treat on your hands!
Matcha Iced Sugar Cookies
Bite sized sugar cookies decorated with Aiya Matcha infused royal icing. Naturally colored, flavored and also dairy free.
What you’ll love about the matcha sugar cookies
The matcha iced cookies are such a lovely and festive treat for fall and fitting for all matcha lovers. The cookies are soft and sweet and an ideal size for indulging. With the Aiya Matcha infused icing on top you won’t be able to eat just one!
How the matcha sugar cookies taste
These cookies are naturally very soft in texture with a classic lightly sweetened sugar cookie taste. Topped with the Aiya Matcha icing you’ll notice notes of vanilla, with a slight earthiness and nuttiness from the matcha, in every bite.
The best culinary matcha powder from Aiya Matcha
Aiya Matcha is the largest producer of premium matcha, offering the highest quality and also organic grade matcha products to consumers. The culinary grade matcha powder from Aiya Matcha is specially made for cooking, baking and beverages and a wonderful addition to any recipe you’re making. I highly recommend Aiya Matcha brand products for the health benefits and high quality matcha flavor.
A little matcha goes a long way! Follow the steps below to make a batch of your own matcha green tea iced sugar cookies this fall.
How to make matcha iced sugar cookies
These are the easiest sugar cookies with royal icing you’ll make. The decorations are simple and require no intricate details, so each cookie will take just a few moments to ice and the cookie recipe is also very quick from start to finish! Start by prepping the sugar cookie dough.
- Step one. In a separate mixing bowl, mix together flour, baking powder, and salt.
- Step two. Place, butter (vegan) and sugar together in the mixing bowl and mix until well combined.
- Step three. Add eggs, vanilla, vanilla bean and Aiya Matcha powder.
- Step four. Mix together until well combined.
- Step five. Pour dry mixture into the butter, sugar and egg, mixing until cookie dough forms. You’ll know the dough is ready when it pulls away from the mixing bowl and forms a ball.
- Step six. Preheat oven to 395 degrees Fahrenheit.
- Step seven. Transfer dough onto a parchment lined solid surface.
- Step 8. Dust dough with flour and roll out to 1/4″ thick.
- Step 9. Cut the dough into small circle shapes using a circle cookie cutter, or champagne glass.
- Step 10. Remove excess dough from the cutouts and transfer cookies to the oven.
- Step 11. Bake for 5-6 minutes or remove from oven just before golden brown.
- Step 12. Cool completely before icing.
Easy Aiya Matcha infused Royal Icing
Once the cookie dough is prepped and baked off, you’ll make detail consistency royal icing, colored in 3 shades of green by adding an increased measurement of culinary Aiya Matcha powder to icing. Transfer all 3 shades of the Aiya Matcha icing to separate piping bags fitted with a star tips.
- Step 1. Whisk meringue powder and water together until until soft peaks form.
- Step 2. Switch to a paddle attachment and mix in confectioners sugar until well combined.
- Step 3. Mix in a few droplets of water at a time to achieve the detail consistency, which is still paste like but with softer peaks.
- Step 4. Divide the icing evenly into 3 separate bowls.
- Step 5. Mix 1/8 tsp Aiya Matcha powder into the first bowl of icing. Add 1/4 tsp Aiya Matcha to the second bowl and 1 tsp Aiya Matcha powder to the 3rd bowl.
- Step 6. Stir until well combined and the icing colors are ombre shades of green.
- Step 7. Transfer icing to the individual piping bags fitted with star tips.
- Step 8. Pipe dollops of the different shaded matcha icing onto the tops of the cookies, creating a star shape. Set aside to allow the icing to harden for 15-20 minutes.
- Step 9. Enjoy!
Matcha Iced Sugar Cookies
- Prep Time: 20
- Cook Time: 10
- Total Time: 30 minutes
- Yield: 3 dozen+ 1x
- Category: Baking
- Method: Sugar Cookies
- Cuisine: Dessert
Description
Bite sized sugar cookies decorated with Aiya Matcha infused royal icing. Naturally colored, flavored and also dairy free.
Ingredients
Sugar Cookies:
- 3/4 cups vegan butter (or real butter softened)
- 1/2 cup confectioners sugar
- 1/2 cup granulated sugar
- 2 eggs
- 1/4 tsp culinary grade Aiya Matcha powder
- 1 tsp vanilla
- Seeds from half vanilla bean
- 2 1/2 cups flour
- 1 tsp baking powder
- 1/2 tsp salt
Matcha infused royal icing:
- 3 cups confectioners sugar
- 1 1/2 tbsp meringue powder
- 1/4 warm water (+ extra to thin icing)
- 1 tsp Clear vanilla extract or regular vanilla extract
- culinary grade Aiya Matcha powder
Instructions
Sugar cookies:
- In a mixing bowl, mix together flour, baking powder, and salt.
- Then place, butter (vegan) and sugar in a separate mixing bowl and mix until well combined.
- Add the eggs, vanilla, vanilla bean and culinary grade Aiya Matcha powder and mix until thoroughly combined.
- Pour dry mixture into the butter, sugar and egg, mixing until cookie dough forms. You’ll know the dough is ready when it pulls away from the mixing bowl and forms a ball.
- Preheat oven to 395 degrees Fahrenheit.
- Transfer dough onto a parchment lined or floured solid surface.
- Dust cookie dough with flour and roll out to 1/4″ thick.
- Cut the dough into small circle shapes using a circle cookie cutter, or stemless champagne glass.
- Remove excess dough from the cookie cutouts and transfer to a parchment lined baking sheet.
- Bake cookies in the oven for 5-6 minutes or remove from oven just before golden brown.
- Cool completely before icing.
Aiya Matcha infused Royal Icing:
- Whisk meringue powder and water together in a mixing bowl until until soft peaks form.
- Switch to a paddle attachment and mix in confectioners sugar until well combined.
- Mix in a few droplets of water at a time to achieve the detail consistency which is still paste like but with softer peaks. It’s a little softer than outline icing.
- When desired icing consistency is achieved, divide the icing evenly into 3 separate bowls.
- Mix the first bowl of icing with 1/8 tsp Aiya Matcha powder, the second bowl with 1/4 tsp Aiya Matcha powder and the third bowl with 1 tsp Aiya Matcha powder.
- Stir until fulling combined then transfer icing to 3 piping bags fitted with star tips.
- Squeeze a dollop of the different colors of Aiya Matcha icing onto tops of the cookies, creating a star-like shape. Set aside to allow the icing to harden for 15-20 minutes.
- Enjoy!
Notes
These cookies are dairy free but are just as delicious baked with regular butter.
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These matcha green tea cookies are fitting for fall in the color changing tones of green, similar to the new season upon us.
Pack them in lunches or enjoy the iced matcha cookies with your favorite hot fall beverages.
The cookies would also be a lovely addition to fall dessert menus as they look gorgeous displayed!
If you’re a matcha lover then be sure to give these simple, yet delish fall cookies a try! Pin or bookmark the easy easy recipe!
Also visit Aiya Matcha for information on all of their matcha products. Learn how to purchase their culinary grade matcha and more!
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