Warming chai spices wrapped up in buttery shortbread get dusted with the most delicious snow— powdered sugar.
Author:Becky Schmieg
Prep Time:30 minutes
Cook Time:25 minutes
Total Time:55 minutes
Yield:20 cookies 1x
Category:Dessert
Cuisine:American
Ingredients
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1cup unsalted butter
1/2cup brown sugar
1 tsp vanilla
1/2 tsp salt
2cups all-purpose flour
2 tbsp chai tea or chai drink mix
2cups powdered sugar
Instructions
Preheat oven to 325F.
Cut the (cold) butter into cubes and place in a large bowl. Use a pastry blender to combine the butter, brown sugar and vanilla until creamy.
Add the flour, salt and chai and continue blending until a dough forms that you can press together with your hands.
Use a 1 1/2 tbsp cookie scoop to measure enough dough for one cookie. Roll the dough in your hands to form a ball and place on a cookie sheet. Repeat until you fill the cookies sheet. Place each dough ball about 2 inches apart. Bake for 25 minutes.
After removing the cookies from the oven, immediately prepare a station to roll the cookies in powdered sugar. Place the powder sugar in a bowl and use a spoon to carefully roll a few cookies at a time in the bowl to coat in powdered sugar and place on a wire rack to cool.
You can do a final dusting of powdered sugar to cover any melted spots or imperfections.