Spiced Chai Sugar Cookies
User Reviews
4.7
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Prep Time
20 mins
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Cook Time
10 mins
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Total Time
30 mins
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Servings
20
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Calories
214 kcal
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Course
Baked Goods
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Cuisine
American
Spiced Chai Sugar Cookies
Description
These cookies incorporate classic sugar cookie ingredients with a chai spice blend folded into the dough and used additionally for rolling. The dry mix contains flour, baking soda and powder, and chai spices including cinnamon, cardamom, ginger, cloves, and allspice. Butter and sugar are creamed until smooth, then the egg and vanilla are beaten in before gradually mixing in the dry ingredients.
The dough is portioned into balls, rolled in a sugar and chai spice mixture, and placed on cookie sheets. A glass dipped in sugar flattens each cookie slightly before the dough chills for at least an hour, which helps firm the dough and enhances texture. Cookies are baked at 375°F for about 10 minutes until just before edges brown, resulting in tender centers with lightly crisp edges and a chai-infused aroma.
Once cooled, these cookies can be stored in an airtight container and enjoyed as a fragrant treat blending warm chai spices with traditional sugar cookie sweetness. The chai spice blend provides a distinct but balanced flavor that sets them apart from standard sugar cookies.
Notes mention that flattening after chilling gives the cookies a lighter colored edge and that nutritional info varies with brands. The recipe yields approximately 18-20 cookies.
Ingredients
- 2 3/4 cups all-purpose flour
- 1 teaspoon baking soda
- 1/2 teaspoon baking powder
- 1 1/2 teaspoons chai spice mix
- 1 cup butter softened
- 1 1/2 cups granulated sugar white
- 1 large egg
- 3/4 teaspoon vanilla extract
Chai Spice for Rolling:
- 1/4 cup granulated sugar
- 2 teaspoons chai spice mix
Instructions
- In a small bowl, stir together flour, baking soda, baking powder, cinnamon, cardamom, ginger, cloves and allspice. Set aside.
- In a large mixing bowl, cream together butter and sugar until smooth. Beat in the egg and vanilla. Gradually blend in dry ingredients.
- Scoop the dough into about 18-20 1-1/2" inch balls.
- In a small bowl, combine the ingredients for the chai spice.
- Roll the dough balls in the chai spice and place on an ungreased cookie sheet.
- Slightly flatten the top of each cookie with the bottom of a glass that has been dipped in sugar.*
- Refrigerate the cookies for at least 1 hour.
- Sprinkle the top of the cookies with extra chai spice right before baking.
- Bake at 375 degrees for 10 minutes, removing the cookies just before the edges get brown.
- Allow the cookies to cool for 5 minutes, then move them to a flat surface to cool.
- Store in an airtight container.
Notes
- Flatten the cookie dough balls after chilling to create lighter colored, broken-edge cookies.
- Calories per cookie are approximate; consult a nutritionist for precise information.
- This recipe makes about 18-20 cookies, with one cookie per serving.
Nutrition Information
Show DetailsNutrition Facts
Serving: 20Serving
Amount Per Serving
Calories 214 kcal
% Daily Value*
| Calories | 214kcal | 11% |
| Carbohydrates | 31g | 10% |
| Protein | 1g | 2% |
| Fat | 9g | 14% |
| Saturated Fat | 5g | 25% |
| Cholesterol | 24mg | 8% |
| Sodium | 136mg | 6% |
| Potassium | 33mg | 1% |
| Sugar | 17g | 34% |
| Vitamin A | 285IU | 6% |
| Vitamin C | 0.1mg | 0% |
| Calcium | 12mg | 1% |
| Iron | 0.9mg | 5% |
* Percent Daily Values are based on a 2,000 calorie diet.
User Reviews
Overall Rating
4.7
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