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Chai Cookies

Chewy gooey cookies that taste like a chai latte; loaded with chai spice and white chocolate chunks and then topped with a chai tea glaze.
5 from 1 vote
Prep Time 30 minutes
Cook Time 15 minutes
chill time 15 minutes
Servings 20 cookies

Ingredients
  

Chai Cookies

  • 1 ½ cup salted butter (softened)
  • ¾ cup sugar
  • 1 ¾ cup brown sugar
  • 3 eggs
  • 2 teaspoon vanilla
  • 4 ½ cups flour
  • 2 teaspoon baking soda
  • 1 teaspoon salt
  • 1 tablespoon +1 tsp cinnamon
  • 2 teaspoon ginger
  • 2 teaspoon cardamom
  • 2 teaspoon allspice
  • 1 teaspoon nutmeg
  • ½ teaspoon clove
  • 1 tablespoon black tea leaves (about 3 bags)
  • 1 ½ cup white chocolate chunks

Chai Glaze

  • cup milk
  • 1 black tea bag
  • 1 cup powdered sugar
  • ½ teaspoon cinnamon
  • ¼ teaspoon ginger
  • ¼ teaspoon cardamom
  • ¼ teaspoon allspice

Instructions
 

Chai Cookies

  • In the bowl of a stand mixer, beat your butter until soft and airy. Then add your sugar and brown sugar until combined. Then add your eggs and vanilla and beat until combined.
  • In a small bowl combine your flour, baking soda, salt, cinnamon, ginger, cardamom, allspice, clove, nutmeg, tea leaves and mix until combined. Then slowly add this to your butter mixture and whisk until combined.
  • Using a spatula fold in your white chocolate chunks.
  • Line a cookie sheet with parchment paper. Using a large spoon scoop out a heaping spoonful of dough and roll into a ball. Place about 6 cookies at a time on your sheet leaving about 2 inches of space in between each cookie. Slightly press down each cookie with your fingers (just slightly!)
  • Place your cookie sheet/ cookies in the freezer to rest for 15 minutes.
  • Bake cookies at 375 degrees for 15 minutes.
  • Let cookies cool
  • Repeat bake for the remaining cookies. You should get about 18- 20 large cookies.

Chai Glaze

  • In a microwave safe mug heat your milk for about 2 minutes. Then steep your tea bag in your milk and let sit for about 10 minutes.
  • In a small bowl add your powdered sugar, cinnamon, ginger, cardamom, allspice and mix until combined.
  • To your powdered sugar mixture, add about 2 tablespoon of your milk and mix until combined. If it is too thick you can add a little more other wise discard of the rest of your milk.
  • Drizzle glaze generously over cookies.
  • Serve and enjoy!
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