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I’ve had chocolate-free brownies<\/a>, blondies<\/a> and even ginger brownies<\/a> on my blog before. But this time I wanted to go even further away from the classic and familiar flavors and make matcha brownies.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

As you can easily guess these brownies contain matcha powder. It’s a green tea powder originally from China, although today it’s more commonly associated with Japanese tea ceremonies. It is thanks to the Japanese that matcha is now popular around the world.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The inclusion of matcha in our brownies – brings out the earthy, slightly bitter taste of matcha with the sweet<\/a> and creamy flavor of the classic brownie. In terms of composition, though, this brownie is closer to a blondie. After all, white chocolate<\/a> is used here, which gives the dessert a nice green hue.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

When you take a bite of this matcha brownie, you first experience the soft, buttery and slightly bitter flavor of the matcha, which gradually gives way to the sweetness and creaminess of the white chocolate. The overall flavor is rich and layered – sweet, creamy, earthy, with notes of bitterness and a whisper of vanilla.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

You can adjust the final texture of the dessert yourself with the baking time. I personally, like to bake these brownies for about 20 minutes to get a moist and slightly pourable texture (some might even call it runny, but it’s not) inside the brownie, sort of like medium-rare in the steak world. Increasing the time in the oven by 10 minutes will give you a drier, muffin-like well-done texture. If you don’t like extremes – 25 minutes will get you to something medium-well. Not over-dried, but not too moist brownies either.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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