For our December 2025 JOC Cooking Problem, we’ll be baking wealthy, fantastically inexperienced Matcha Brownies which are excellent for the vacation season!

This Month’s Recipe Problem
The vacation baking season has formally begun, and I’m kicking off our year-end cooking problem with these festive-looking recipe: Matcha Brownies!
These brownies are completely fudgy with a beautiful stability of nutty sweetness and heavenly matcha taste. Straightforward to make, delightfully Japanese, and excellent for tea time or as a selfmade reward—I hope you’ll be a part of within the enjoyable!
Different Entry: In the event you don’t have good-quality matcha readily available, be happy to make the chocolate brownie model included within the recipe publish.

The Prizes!
This contest is open to everybody worldwide, and we are going to randomly choose 3 winners on the finish of the problem. Every winner will obtain a $100 Amazon reward card.
Everybody who completes the JOC Cooking Problem submission is mechanically entered into the prize draw.
Please word that winners are not chosen based mostly on how the creations look, however your submission should observe the recipe and meet the problem necessities.
Earlier than You Begin
- You should definitely learn by means of the complete recipe publish first earlier than baking.
- In case you have recipe-specific questions, please depart them within the feedback on the recipe publish. For any challenge-related questions, depart your remark under. We’re right here to assist!

The best way to Be a part of the JOC Cooking Problem
Make Matcha Brownies and observe the recipe as carefully as doable so your closing dish seems just like mine.
To enter for an opportunity to win, merely full these two steps:
- E-mail us your image. Ship one photograph of your closing dish to contest@justonecookbook.com by 12 pm (Pacific Time) on December 31, 2025, and;
- Go away a star score and remark on the Matcha Brownies recipe publish utilizing the similar electronic mail deal with you used in your photograph submission.
- Every particular person could submit just one entry.
- Be happy to share your image on social media and tag us @justonecookbook.