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Chai Cookies

By: Jenn Alberts

These delicious, chewy, spicy, tender little cookies are the perfect treat to warm you up on a cold day! These cookies would be a perfect afternoon treat with a nice cup of tea or coffee.

I think they would make an awesome dessert for after an Indian themed curry dinner. There is no chilling time so you can whip up a batch in about 30 min!

Step 1

Preheat oven to 350

Step 2

Mix butter in a large bowl until light and fluffy. Add fresh ginger, vanilla, molasses, egg and mix until combined.

Step 3

In a clean bowl add sugar, packed brown sugar, ground ginger, cinnamon, cardamon, allspice, and salt together in medium bowl, whisk until well combined. Set aside 1/4 cup for rolling dough balls in.

Step 4

Add sugar mixture to butter and mix until combined.

Step 5

Add flour, baking soda, stir until combined.

Step 6

Roll into small, 1 inch wide balls, and coat with set aside sugar and spice mixture.

Step 7

Place on a parchment-lined sheet pan, 3 inches apart.

Step 8

Bake 10-12 minutes. You will see them puff a little while baking, after cooking they will flatten out and crackle a little on the tops. Cool on a wire rack.

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Chai Cookies

These delicious, chewy, spicy, tender little cookies are the perfect treat to warm you up on a cold day! These cookies would be a perfect afternoon treat with a nice cup of tea or coffee.

I think they would make an awesome dessert for after an Indian themed curry dinner. There is no chilling time so you can whip up a batch in about 30 min!

Prep Time15

Cook Time10

Course: Dessert

Keyword: chewy, chia, cinnamon, cookie, ginger, molasses, spicy

Servings: 48

Ingredients

1 cup butter room temperature
2 teaspoons fresh ginger
1 teaspoon vanilla
1/4 cup molasses
1 egg
1 cup sugar
1/2 cup brown sugar packed
2 teaspoons ground ginger
1/2 teaspoon cardamon *optional
1 teaspoon allspice
3/4 teaspoon salt
3 cups all-purpose flour
2 teaspoons baking soda

Instructions

Preheat oven to 350
Mix butter in a large bowl until light and fluffy. Add fresh ginger, vanilla, molasses, egg and mix until combined.
In a clean bowl add sugar, packed brown sugar, ground ginger, cinnamon, cardamon, allspice, and salt together in medium bowl, whisk until well combined. Set aside 1/4 cup for rolling dough balls in.
Add sugar mixture to butter and mix until combined.
Add flour, baking soda, stir until combined.
Roll into small, 1 inch wide balls, and coat with set aside sugar and spice mixture.
Place on a parchment-lined sheet pan, 3 inches apart.
Bake 10-12 minutes. You will see them puff a little while baking, after cooking they will flatten out and crackle a little on the tops. Cool on a wire rack.