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These heavenly Chai Spiced Cookies will allow you to explore the vibrant flavors of India without leaving your home! Made with a blend of chai tea ingredients, these cookies offer an irresistible combination of warm spices, cinnamon, and ginger.

Get ready to tantalize your taste buds with a symphony of warm, aromatic spices like cinnamon, cardamom, ginger, and cloves, perfectly balanced to recreate the comforting embrace of a steaming cup of chai tea.

These Chai Spiced Cookies are the epitome of autumnal bliss, capturing the essence of crisp leaves, cozy sweaters, and the gentle crackle of a fireplace.

Why Make These Chai Tea Inspired Cookies

Chai tea is known for its myriad of health benefits, including its high content of antioxidants, reduces inflammation, not to mention it being good for your skin and heart health.

These Chai Spiced Cookies are a delicious alternative to drinking chai tea, while soothing your craving for a chai or exotic cookie. These spiced cookies also go perfectly well with a hot cup of tea or coffee, and are great for afternoon tea.

If you’re looking for a simple yet healthy cookie recipe to entertain during Fall or Thanksgiving, these homemade chai cookies are also a great choice! Serve these up and watch them fly off your plates, as they are definitely the ultimate comforting Fall cookies everyone will love.

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How To Make Homemade Chai Cookies

Delicious, easy and absolutely satisfying, these Chai Spiced Cookies taste even better than a warm cup of Chai on those cooler Fall nights.

If you love nothing more than a hot cup of Chai Latte, these cookies are also great to sooth your cravings. No matter the time of year, these delicious Chai Spiced Cookies are perfect for kids and adults to enjoy.

FAQs

• These cookies will spread outward – ensure enough space by placing the dough about three inches apart on the baking sheet. 
• Do not overbake – the cookies should have a crunchy edge with a soft, chewy center.  The cookies are done baking when the edges are set and just slightly browned and the center is no longer glossy. 

Let’s start making these delicious spiced cookies. You’ll need the following ingredients and supplies.

Chai Tea Inspired Cookies Ingredients

For this cookie recipe, it’s important to prepare the chai spice mix first. You’ll also need to separate the ingredients for the cookie and the coating for the best results.

For the chai spice mix, you’ll need:

• 3 Tablespoon cinnamon
• 2 Tablespoon ginger
• 1 Tablespoon cardamom
• 1 teaspoon nutmeg
• 1 teaspoon cloves
• ½ teaspoon black pepper

For the cookies – 

• 2 ¾ cup flour
• 2 teaspoon cream of tartar
• 1 teaspoon baking soda
• ½ teaspoon salt
• 2 Tablespoon chai spice mix
• 1 cup unsalted butter, softened
• 1 cup sugar
• ½ cup brown sugar
• 2 eggs
• 1 teaspoon vanilla

Directions:

1. Preheat the oven to 350 degrees.  Line a few baking sheets with parchment and set aside. 

2. For the chai spice mix – mix all the ingredients in a small bowl.  Store any remaining spice in an airtight container. For the cookies – In the bowl of a stand mixer, combine the softened butter, sugar and brown sugar.  Cream until smooth. 

3.Add in the eggs and vanilla.  Mix again until smooth – scraping down the sides and mixing again when needed. 

4.Next, add in the remaining dry ingredients: flour, baking soda, salt, cream of tartar and the chai spice. Mix well, scraping the sides and mixing thoroughly.  The dough will be sticky. 

5. Now, it’s time to make the coating. In a small bowl, combine the sugar and chai spice.  Whisk to combine. 

6.Using a heaping tablespoon or a small ice cream scoop, scoop out enough dough to form a golf ball sized ball. Roll in the sugar coating and place on the parchment lined baking sheets. Allow about three inches of spread around each cookie. 

7.Once each cookie is rolled and dipped, sprinkle a little extra remaining sugar coating over each cookie for some extra sweetness.  

8.Bake in the preheated oven for 10 minutes.  The edges should just be set and slightly browned and the center no longer shiny. Allow to cool.  

There you have it! Enjoy these delicious Chai Spiced Cookies with a hot cuppa while they are slightly warm.

Similar Fall desserts you might like:

• Pumpkin Cinnamon Roll Monkey Bread Muffins
• Fall Pumpkin Pie Cookies