Chai Tea Sugar Cookies

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The flavors of creamy chai tea in a perfectly baked sugar cookie.

My daughter is home with me during the day now that I’m homeschooling her and we’ve been in the kitchen a lot testing out recipes. One of her favorite things is Chai tea. So when she stumbled across a recipe for how to make chai sugar to top pretty much anything, I knew we had to try them on cookies to add to our platters this holiday season.

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Chai Tea Sugar

The chai tea sugar is what makes these cookies incredible! You can make up a batch to sprinkle over just about anything sweet to transform it. I recommend making it a couple days before you bake the cookies to allow the flavors to melt together.

We enjoyed eating these cookies with a tall glass of milk, and they’re also perfect served with a hot cup of coffee or tea.

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I even used the leftover sugar to top some scones I whipped up the other day and they turned out so good!

Ingredients

  • Sugar: I used cane sugar
  • Vanilla: A vanilla bean is better than extract for this
  • Spices: ground cardamon, cinnamon, ginger, cloves, and black pepper
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It’s hard to believe I’ve never posted a cookie recipe on my blog before. I guess it’s because I’ve never thought myself much of a baker, but it’s something I’ve been improving on year after year. I realized having the right tools for the job makes baking easier and more enjoyable.

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Chai tea sugar cookie recipe via firsthomelovelife.com
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Chai Tea Sugar Cookies

  • Author: Christine
  • Cook Time: 10-12 min
  • Total Time: 38 minute
  • Yield: about 16 cookies 1x
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Description

The creamy flavors of chai tea perfectly paired with a buttery vanilla sugar cookie.

Ingredients

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CHAI SUGAR

  • 1 cup granulated sugar
  • 1 teaspoon ground cardamon
  • 1 teaspoon ground cinnamon 
  • 1 teaspoon ground cloves
  • 1/2 teaspoon ground ginger
  • 1/4 teaspoon ground black pepper
  • 1/2 vanilla bean split, and scrape the seeds out

COOKIES

  • 1 1/2 cups unsalted softened butter
  • 1 cup powdered sugar
  • 1 tablespoon vanilla extract
  • 3 cups all purpose flour
  • 1 teaspoon ground cinnamon
  • 1/2 teaspoon salt
  • 1/2 cup chai sugar (made above)

Instructions

SUGAR

  1. Mix all the ingredients together in a bowl and cover. Store in a dark cool place for a few days to let the flavors melt together. (Sugar will keep in airtight container for up to 6 months)

COOKIES

  1. In a large bowl, beat the butter, powder sugar, and vanilla until creamy.
  2. In another bowl whisk together flour, cinnamon, and salt. Gradually add flour mixture to butter mixture until all combined.
  3. Scrape dough onto parchment paper and flatten into disk. Wrap up and place in fridge for an hour.
  4. Preheat oven to 350
  5. Take dough out and roll dough until it’s about 1/4 inch thick
  6. Use cookie cutter to cut out shape of cookie and place cookies 2 inches apart on baking sheets. 
  7. Sprinkle with Chai sugar
  8. Bake cookies until edges are lightly browned. About 10 minutes. Let cookies cool on wire racks, and store for up to a week in airtight container.

 

Notes

*adapted from taste of the south

  • Category: Cookies
  • Cuisine: Holiday

Keywords: chai tea sugar cookies

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I hope you love this cookie recipe! I know we will be making many more batches to add to our Christmas cookie trays for neighbors and friends this year.

Talk to you soon

XO

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