Chai Spiced Sugar Cookies Recipes

CHAI-SPICED SHORTBREAD COOKIES

Steps:

• Preheat the oven to 325 degrees F (165 degrees C).
• Grind tea into a fine powder using a spice grinder. Mix in cardamom, cinnamon, ginger, nutmeg, cloves, salt, and pepper.
• Beat butter, sugar, and vanilla extract in a bowl using an electric mixer until creamy. Add the spiced tea mixture and mix thoroughly. Fold in flour, 1/2 cup at a time, until a stiff dough forms.
• Transfer dough to a lightly floured surface and roll out to 1/4-inch thickness. Cut into 2-inch pieces with a cookie cutter or knife. Arrange cookies on baking sheets.
• Bake in the preheated oven until edges begin to brown slightly, about 20 minutes.

CHAI SPICED COOKIES

Steps:

• Heat oven to 350 degrees.
• In large bowl, beat butter and 1/2 cup powdered sugar with electric mixer on low speed until well blended.
• Stir in remaining cookie ingredients.
• Shape dough by tablespoonfuls into balls.
• On an ungreased cookie sheets, place balls 1 1/2 inches apart.
• Bake 12 to 15 minutes or until very lightly browned.
• Remove from cookie sheets to cooling rack and cool for 5 minutes.
• In medium bowl, mix coating ingredients. Working in batches, gently roll warm cookies in coating mixture.
• Cool on cooling rack 5 minutes.
• Fluff up coating mixture with wire whip and roll cookies in mixture again.