Description
These Chai Spiced Sugar Cookies are a delightful twist on classic sugar cookies, infused with warm and aromatic spices like cinnamon, ginger, cardamom, and allspice, with a hint of black pepper for a unique flavor profile. Perfect for enjoying with a cup of tea or coffee.
Ingredients
Dry Ingredients:
- 2 3/4 cups all-purpose flour
- 1 teaspoon baking soda
- 1/2 teaspoon baking powder
- 1/2 teaspoon salt
Sugar-Spice Mixture:
- 1 3/4 cups white sugar
- 2 1/2 teaspoons ground cinnamon
- 1 teaspoon ground ginger
- 1 teaspoon ground cardamom
- 1/2 teaspoon ground allspice
- 1/4 teaspoon finely ground black pepper
Wet Ingredients:
- 1 cup unsalted butter, softened
- 1 egg
- 1/2 teaspoon pure vanilla extract
Instructions
- Preheat Oven: Preheat oven to 350 degrees Fahrenheit. Line a baking sheet with parchment paper.
- Sift Dry Ingredients: In a large bowl, sift together flour, baking soda, baking powder, and salt. Set aside.
- Mix Sugar-Spice Blend: In a medium bowl, combine white sugar, cinnamon, ginger, cardamom, allspice, and black pepper. Set aside 1/4 cup for rolling the cookies.
- Cream Butter and Sugar: In a separate bowl, beat butter and sugar-spice mixture until light and fluffy.
- Add Wet Ingredients: Beat in egg and vanilla extract until well combined.
- Combine Wet and Dry: Slowly add dry ingredients to the wet mixture, mixing until just combined.
- Shape and Bake: Roll dough into balls, coat with reserved sugar-spice mixture, and place on baking sheet. Bake for 8-10 minutes.
- Cool: Allow the cookies to cool on a wire rack before serving.
- Prep Time: 15 minutes
- Cook Time: 10 minutes
- Category: Dessert
- Method: Baking
- Cuisine: American
Nutrition
- Serving Size: 1 cookie
- Calories: 120
- Sugar: 8g
- Sodium: 90mg
- Fat: 5g
- Saturated Fat: 3g
- Unsaturated Fat: 2g
- Trans Fat: 0g
- Carbohydrates: 18g
- Fiber: 0.5g
- Protein: 1g
- Cholesterol: 20mg
