Magical Matcha Latte

Happy Saint Patrick’s Day!

I hope you all have a wonderful and magical day.

I was on Instagram and scrolling through reels and saw this Saint Patrick’s Day matcha latte made with Lucky Charms by Steven Smith Teamaker. It looked delicious and I knew I would have to make it!

Ingredients:

• 1/2 – 1 teaspoon Matcha
• 3 Tablespoons of hot water
• 1-1.5 Cups of milk
• 1 Cup of Lucky Charms Cereal (I used the discount brand)
• Sugar (optional)

Directions:

1. Remove marshmallows from cereal.
2. Pour a cup of Lucky Charms or other cereal in a bowl. Add 1-1.5 cups of milk.
3. Mix to combine and let stand for 30 minutes.
4. Strain cereal and milk mixture through a sieve/cheesecloth and gently apply pressure to remove all the milk.
5. Put the Matcha powder, sugar if using it, and water in a mug
6. Whisk together to ensure no lumps (use a matcha whisk or electric stirrer.
7. If making a hot matcha latte; warm the cereal milk and pour into the mug. If making a cold latte, pour cereal milk into the mug.
8. Add marshmallows on top of the drink.

It was delicious! The cereal made it sweet enough for me so I did not add any sugar or sweetener to my drink.

My marshmallows did end up melting fairly quickly, so I would watch for that if you make the drink hot. It probably is better to have the marshmallows in a cold matcha latte. But otherwise, it was truly magical and delicious. I would definitely make this again!

For more matcha recipes, go to Brown Butter Matcha Brownies

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Brown Butter Matcha Brownies

Do you love Matcha? I do!

And I’m always on the lookout for a new matcha recipe. I discovered this brown butter matcha brownie recipe on Cooking Therapy, last year around Saint Patrick’s day and thought it would be perfect it makes as it is green. Unfortunately, they were out of white chocolate chips and I had to use regular chocolate. It tasted good, but didn’t look very matcha-y. I decided to try it again and make sure this time I had white chocolate.

Ingredients:

• ½ cup unsalted butter browned
• 4 oz white chocolate
• 2 tbsp matcha powder
• 1 cup granulated sugar
• ¼ cup light brown sugar
• 3 eggs room temperature
• 1 tsp vanilla extract
• ½ tsp salt
• 1 cup all purpose flour
• ¼ tsp flaky salt optional

Directions:

1. Preheat the oven to 350 degrees F.
2. Grease a 8×8 baking pan with butter and line with parchment paper. Set aside.
3. Heat the butter over high heat until it melts. Lower the heat to low. Heat the butter until small brown bits start to appear. Remove from the stove.
4. Add white chocolate and matcha powder to a small bowl. Pour the brown butter over the top and stir until all the chocolate melts. Let the mixture cool for 2 minutes.
5. In large bowl, combine granulated sugar, brown sugar, eggs, vanilla extract, and salt. Beat with a hand mixer or stand mixer until thick and creamy (5-10 minutes).
6. While mixing, stream in your matcha chocolate ganache from step 4. Whisk until a uniform green batter appears.
7. Lastly, sift your flour into the bowl. Using a spatula, gently fold the flour into the batter using a until a green batter forms.
8. Spoon into your prepared baking pan.
9. Bake for 20-30 minutes.
10. Take out the brownies and slam them on the counter to get rid of some the air. Sprinkle some flaky sea salt over the top and put the brownies back in the oven. Bake for another 10 minutes.
11. Let cool for 20 minutes before serving.

This was absolutely delicious and I cannot stop eating it. I had to give it away to family it is so good.

Cannot stop!

For more Matcha recipes, go to Blueberry Matcha Smoothie

For more desserts, go to Applesauce Cake

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Blueberry Matcha Smoothie

I love Matcha tea! How much?

And I love trying new recipes with it. I have made a copy of the Jamba Juice smoothie and matcha cookies, but was thinking-wouldn’t Matcha taste great with blueberries? A Matcha Blueberry smoothie? 

I figured, why not try it out myself?

Ingredients:

• 1 Tsp of Matcha Green Tea Powder
• 1 Cup of Milk (your choice)
• 1/2 Cup of Greek Vanilla Yogurt
• 1/2 Cup of Blueberries

Directions:

1. Place ingredients in blender and blend.

I thought it was delicious, the matcha and blueberries complimented each other, and it was a great way to start the morning. 

Are there any Matcha recipes you just love?

For more Matcha drinks, go to Matcha Green Tea Blast Smoothie

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Crispy, Chewy, Matcha Green Tea Cookies

So today I had originally planned to review Pride and Prejudice and Mistletoe the movie, but unfortunately bad Jane Austen films scare me too much.

Just, kidding. I just haven’t had a chance yet. So then I decided that I would review YULETIDE audiobook, but the review isn’t completed and I need it to be as good as the audiobook. Nothing subpar!

As I haven’t finished that, I decided to instead share the Matcha cookies I mad last night as a Christmas gift to a few people.

So this recipe comes from Kirbe’s Cravings.

Ingredients

• 2 3/4 Cups of All-Purpose Flour
• 1 Tsp of Baking Soda
• 1/2 Tsp of Baking Powder
• 1 Cup of Butter (Softened)
• 1.5 Cups of White Sugar
• 1 Egg
• 1 Tsp of Vanilla Extract (I ran out, so substituted with Maple Syrup)
• 2.5 Tsp Matcha Green Tea Powder

Directions:

1. Preheat oven to 375 degrees F
2. In a small bowl stir together flour, matcha powder, baking soda, and baking powder. Set aside.
3. In a large bowl, cream together the butter and sugar until smooth.
4. Beat in egg and vanilla.
5. Gradually blend the dry ingredients into the wet.
6. Roll dough into balls about one inch in diameter and flatten slightly to create round discs. Place on ungreased cookie sheets.
7. Bake 8-10 minutes or until golden brown. Let stand for two minutes before removing from wire racks.

These cookies were so gooood!!! I tried a few and then kept eating them.

Thank goodness that they were for other people or I don’t think I could have stopped myself.

No, stop! Alright.

For more recipes, go to Matcha Green Tea Blast Smoothie

For more Matcha Green Tea recipes, go to Green Tea Frappuccino

For more cookies, go to Basic Shortbread

Matcha Green Tea Blast Smoothie

So a while back I shared my love of Matcha tea and how to make your own Matcha Latte

Well of course after Jamba Juice added their Matcha Green Tea Blast Smoothie to the menu, I had to buy it!

But I’m not made of money, so I had to find a way to make my favorite drink for less-so here is a way to make it at home. This recipe comes from makedrinks.org

Ingredients:

• 1 Tsp of Matcha Green Tea Powder
• 1 Cup of Milk (your choice)
• 1/2 Cup of Plain Sorbet
• 1/2 Cup of Frozen Vanilla Yogurt
• 1 Cup of Ice

Directions:

1. Place ingredients in blender and blend.

Sorry my picture didn’t come out nice as I would have liked it. But this smoothie is fantastic!

I’m addicted to the Matcha:

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For more Matcha Tea posts, go to Green Tea Frappuccino

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For more smoothies, go to Earl Grey Infused Blueberry Smoothie