Looking for a delicious muffin with the addition of healthy matcha?
These Matcha green tea muffins have a wonderful lemony taste and light texture, and of course that beautiful green color. Without using any food dyes! Just naturally green matcha tea powder.
These muffins are perfect for St. Patrick's Day, when we are all a little bit Irish, and we celebrate with a little bit of green. But also delicious the other 363 days of the year. Yes, yes, and yes!
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Why You Will Love this Recipe
I love lemon flavors in baked goods! There's something so wonderful about the tart and sweet combination. Deliciousness in every bite.
To make these muffins, I started with a lemon muffin recipe. Which was good in its own right. But I wanted to add matcha powder. Of course, I had to try!
I am delighted to report that the matcha powder does not make these muffins any less lemony. In fact, the slightly earthy quality of the green tea powder almost seems to enhance the lemon flavor.
It's really quite delightful!
Ingredients needed for Matcha Muffins
Adding a little glaze is optional but a very nice touch. For this you will need some powdered sugar and a little more lemon juice.
How to Make these Matcha Green Tea Muffins
- First, whisk together the dry ingredients (except sugar): flour, baking powder, baking soda and salt. Then add in the matcha powder and whisk to evenly distribute.
- In a separate bowl whisk the sugar with the milk, lemon juice and zest, and eggs. Once combined, whisk in the melted butter.
- Now add the wet ingredients to the dry and stir just until combined. I use a spatula for this. Do not overmix; this will help your baked muffins to be tender.
- Divide the batter evenly between 12 muffin cups. It will fill the cups about ¾ full.
- If you like a crunchy top on your muffins, sprinkle them now with some sugar. I use turbinado sugar for this, as the texture is a little coarser. But regular sugar works as well.
- Bake at 350F for 20-25 minutes, until a toothpick inserted comes out clean. 23 minutes on convection bake seems to be the sweet spot for my oven.
- Once baked, cool the muffins in the pan for 5 minutes, then transfer to a wire rack to cool completely.
- If you like a little glaze on your muffins (and really, who doesn't??) wait until the muffins have cooled to add it. Simply mix a little lemon juice and powdered sugar to add another layer of lemony goodness to your muffins! (you could even add a little matcha powder to the glaze, if you'd like to continue the green tea theme)
Matcha Muffin Recipe FAQs
Matcha is a concentrated form of green tea, and its enthusiasts feel that makes its health benefits even stronger. Matcha is thought to reduce stress, due to its high concentration of theanine. Some studies have indicated a variety of health benefits, like assisting with weight loss and preventing heart disease, diabetes, and cancer.
Just think, you can eat these muffins for medicinal reasons!
The different steps have different priorities. When mixing the separate dry and wet ingredients, I like to use a whisk as it best distributes the ingredients evenly throughout the mixture. However, when you add the wet to the dry, it is important that you not overmix, as this will make the muffins tough, rather than tender. I use a spatula for this, as it is more similar to a folding action.
Oh yes, this is an option I do frequently! I love the crunchy texture from the sprinkle of sugar, and adding glaze on top makes it even better! Go for it!
Love muffins but short on time? Check out my pancake mix muffins for a super easy muffin recipe!
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Matcha Muffins Recipe
Ingredients
- 2 ½ cups flour all-purpose
- 1 ¾ teaspoons baking powder
- ¼ teaspoon baking soda
- 1 teaspoon coarse salt Kosher or similar
- 1 Tablespoon matcha powder
- 1 cup sugar
- 2 large eggs
- Zest of one lemon
- ¼ cup lemon juice fresh squeezed
- ¼ cup milk
- 1 stick ½ cup unsalted butter, melted and cooled
Optional glaze
- ½ cup powdered sugar
- 1 Tablespoon lemon juice
Instructions
- Preheat oven to 350F. Line a muffin pan with paper cups.
- In a medium bowl, whisk together the flour, baking powder, baking soda and salt. Add the matcha powder and whisk again.2 ½ cups flour, 1 ¾ teaspoons baking powder, ¼ teaspoon baking soda, 1 teaspoon coarse salt, 1 Tablespoon matcha powder
- In a separate bowl whisk together the sugar, eggs, milk, lemon zest and lemon juice. Whisk in the butter.1 cup sugar, 2 large eggs, Zest of one lemon, ¼ cup lemon juice, ¼ cup milk, 1 stick
- Add the wet ingredients to the dry and stir until just combined. Do not overmix.
- Divide the batter evenly between the muffin cups. The batter will fill the cups about ¾.
- If desired, sprinkle each muffin with a little sugar. (This will give a crunchy topping to the muffin)
- Bake in the preheated oven for 20-25 minutes, until a toothpick inserted comes out clean.
- Cool 5 minutes in the pan, then remove to a wire rack to cool completely.
For optional glaze:
- Whisk powdered sugar and lemon juice together until smooth. Drizzle over cooled muffins. Allow to set before serving.½ cup powdered sugar, 1 Tablespoon lemon juice
Nutrition
Nutrition values are estimates only, using online calculators. Please verify using your own data.
dry muffins
these were so dry 🙁 i even added a heaping spoon of greek yogurt because i was concerned they would be dry because there's no oil in the recipe? matcha is a really drying ingredient so there definitely needs to be a little extra fat for moisture.
Sula
The oil comes from the stick of butter - did you miss adding that?
Sorry they didn't turn out for you 😕
nancy
love how simple it was to make and came out 100%
Sula
Awesome!
Kat
So fluffy and light!
Sula
They really are, I love the lemony taste!
Alyssa Hixenbaugh
I love matcha but I’ve never tried it in muffins before. This idea is so great!
Sula
They are very yummy!
Bianca
These match a muffins turned out amazing!
Sula
Yay! Thanks for letting me know!
Cindy Mom the Lunch Lady
Omg this is such a great idea! I can't wait to try these!
Sula
I hope you try them soon!
Jeanine
Great recipe I am always looking to add Matcha to my diet this is a brilliant way thank you
Sula
Its a delicious way to have matcha!
Christina
These came out great and were delicious! Not too much matcha flavor and it was well balanced by the addition of lemon.
Sula
I love the lemon taste!