These Spiced Chai Tea Cookies are meant to complement your afternoon (or morning, I’m not judging!) coffee or tea.
They’re buttery tea cookies, with hints of chai spices and do well when dunked into your favorite hot beverage. I love that they are so dainty and small. In that way, they remind me a lot of Girl Scout Trefoils cookies. Uh, yum!
“Spiced Chai” Tea Cookies
Yields 20 cookies
Ingredients
- 1/2 cup butter (1 stick)
- 1 teaspoon vanilla
- 1/4 cup sugar
- 1/2 teaspoon ground ginger
- 1/2 teaspoon nutmeg
- 3/4 teaspoon cardamom
- 1/2 teaspoon cinnamon
- 1/4 teaspoon salt
- Pinch of pepper
- 1/4 teaspoon baking powder
- 1 cup flour
Directions
- Preheat oven to 350 degrees. Line a baking sheet with parchment paper.
- Mix the butter, vanilla and sugar until well combined.
- In a separate bowl, whisk the ginger, nutmeg, cardamom, cinnamon, salt, pepper, baking powder and flour.
- Slowly add the dry ingredients to the wet, mixing well.
- Scoop small balls of dough, making each about 2 inches in diameter. Place on parchment lined baking sheet, about 2 inches apart. If you like, press a fork on top of each dough ball (pictured below).
- Bake for 15 minutes or until lightly browned.
