Chai Cookie Recipe

A chai spiced cookie with a star anise on top next to cinnamon sticks.

Easy Chai Cookies are packed with warm chai spices and rolled in spiced sugar, and they're ready in less than 30 minutes with no chilling or mixer required.

Course Dessert

Cuisine American

Prep Time 15

Cook Time 8

Total Time 23

Servings cookies

Calories 171kcal

Author Kate @ I Heart Eating

Ingredients

Cookie dough

1 cup unsalted butter melted and cooled for about 10 minutes
1 ½ cups granulated sugar
1 large egg at room temperature
1 teaspoon vanilla extract
2 ¼ cups all purpose flour
1 teaspoon baking soda
1 teaspoon ground cinnamon
¾ teaspoon ground ginger
¾ teaspoon ground cardamom
¼ teaspoon ground allspice
¼ teaspoon ground cloves
½ teaspoon kosher salt
⅛ teaspoon ground black pepper

For rolling

¼ cup granulated sugar
¾ teaspoon ground cinnamon
½ teaspoon ground ginger
½ teaspoon ground cardamom
⅛ teaspoon ground allspice
⅛ teaspoon ground cloves
Pinch of ground black pepper

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Instructions

Preheat oven to 350 F. Line baking sheets with parchment paper. Set aside.
To a large bowl, add melted butter and sugar. Whisk until fully combined.
1 cup unsalted butter, 1 ½ cups granulated sugar
Add egg and vanilla. Mix until combined.
1 large egg, 1 teaspoon vanilla extract
Add flour, baking soda, cinnamon, ginger, cardamom, allspice, cloves, salt, and pepper. Mix again until just combined.
2 ¼ cups all purpose flour, 1 teaspoon baking soda, 1 teaspoon ground cinnamon, ¾ teaspoon ground ginger, ¾ teaspoon ground cardamom, ¼ teaspoon ground allspice, ¼ teaspoon ground cloves, ½ teaspoon kosher salt, ⅛ teaspoon ground black pepper
In a separate small bowl, stir together sugar, cinnamon, ginger, cardamom, allspice, cloves, and pepper.
¼ cup granulated sugar, ¾ teaspoon ground cinnamon, ½ teaspoon ground ginger, ½ teaspoon ground cardamom, ⅛ teaspoon ground allspice, ⅛ teaspoon ground cloves, Pinch of ground black pepper
Using 1 ½ tablespoon cookie scoop, scoop out balls of cookie dough.
Roll each ball in the chai sugar mixture.
Place on the baking sheets, leaving about 2 inches between each cookie. Lightly flatten the top with your hands.
Bake for about 8-9 minutes, or until cookies are lightly golden brown but still look a bit underbaked. Let cool completely on the baking sheet.

Notes

Butter: You can substitute salted butter and reduce the salt to 1/4 teaspoon.
Spices: The spices in both the cookies and in the sugar help to give the cookies chai spiced flavor. Feel free to adjust them according to your tastes.
Salt: If you use table salt instead of kosher salt or sea salt, use half the amount.
Nutrition values are estimates.

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