Matcha Pinwheel Cookies (Vegan & Gluten-free)
Have you noticed that whenever you make ‘healthy’ cookies, they tend to be soft not crunchy? most healthy cookies I’ve seen are usually the soft variety, which is fine. I love cookies in any form, but every now and then I do crave a good crunchy cookie (or biscuit as we call it here in the UK!) you know, the type you can dunk in your tea (tea and biscuits are the ultimate pick me up duo when I’m down). For that reason I like to experiment with healthy crunchy cookies from time to time (remember my crunchy vanilla biscuits or gingerbread men ?)
I’ve always loved the idea of pinwheel cookies. I just love anything with a swirl, things like cinnamon rolls, kleicha or those big round colourful lollipops.
I used PureChimp matcha green tea powder to create the swirl in these pinwheel cookies instead of the more traditional chocolate swirl, because why not? Actually I didn’t use chocolate is because I recently realised that most of my recipes contain chocolate and I need to come up with more creative flavour combinations!
Matcha green tea powder is basically whole leaves of green tea milled into a fine green powder. One of the main benefits of consuming matcha is its antioxidant content. Green tea is an excellent source of antioxidants, but when you consume the whole leaf instead of drinking the water it was steeped in, the benefits are tenfold.
Research has showed that consuming powdered green tea can help modulate cholesterol metabolism and even prevent diseases like atherosclerosis and cancer.
Another benefit of using matcha, which may seem trivial to some but equally as important to me, is that it gives the most beautiful green hue to recipes, especially when used in raw desserts. Green food always suggests health to me!
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O em G! I need these! They do NOT look vegan and GF <3 So perfect!!! And a new fun way to use all the matcha I have!
I’m experimenting lots with matcha! Such a fun ingredient 🙂
These are such pretty biscuits, lovely green pinwheels. I’ve still never got around to trying matcha, but you may have converted me.
Thank you Janice 🙂 matcha is so high in antioxidants so a great ingredient to add to recipes. And it’s the best natural green food colouring 😉
I’m just getting into Matcha so great to know of a good brand to look out for. The cookies look delicious!
Great video, too!
Thank you 😀
These are so cool. I usually just use matcha in smoothies and porridge, but this is such a fun idea.
I’ve only started experimenting with matcha. Love the colour it gives to desserts 🙂
Looks like a great recipe! What gluten-free flour would you recommend? Would it work with just double the amount of almond meal?
I use Doves farm gluten-free flour but I imagine any brand would work. I haven’t tried it with only ground almonds. If you try it let me know how it turns out 🙂
These are so pretty! I love that these are a bit healthier but also totally dunkable 😀
Thank you Becca 🙂
Wow. These are SO pretty! I love them.
Thank you 😀
What a great way to use matcha – these are gorgeous! Love that they’re gluten-free – will have to make for my daughter. Yum!
I hope your daughter likes them 😀 You’ll have to come back and let me know what she thought! 🙂
These are the prettiest cookies! I am a big matcha fan and could eat a dozen of these 🙂
Scrumptious! The green swirls on each cookie look absolutely gorgeous!