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Chai Tree and Snowflake Cookies

Chai Tree and Snowflake Cookies

Name: Chai Tree and Snowflake Cookies
Prep time: 5 min
Cook time: 1 h 40 min
Total time: 1 h 45 min
Yield: 50
Cuisine: American
Ingredients: All-purpose flour 2 ¾ cups; Baking powder ½ tsp; Kosher Salt ¼ tsp; Cinnamon 1 tsp; Ground ginger 1 ½ tsp; Cloves ½ tsp; Ground nutmeg ½ tsp; Ground cardamom ½ tsp; Black pepper ⅛ tsp; Unsalted butter 1 cup (2 sticks); Sugar ¾ cup; Large eggs 1; Vanilla extract 1 ½ tsp; Royal icing 1 cup

Chai inspired Christmas cookies

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1h 45m
Serves 50
Easy
350 °F
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Ingredients

	2 ¾ cups All-purpose flour
	½ tsp Baking powder
	¼ tsp Kosher Salt
	1 tsp Cinnamon
	1 ½ tsp Ground ginger
	½ tsp Cloves
	½ tsp Ground nutmeg
	½ tsp Ground cardamom
	⅛ tsp Black pepper
	1 cup (2 sticks) Unsalted butter at room temperature
	¾ cup Sugar
	1 Large eggs
	1 ½ tsp Vanilla extract pure
	1 cup Royal icing

Nutritional information

Calories

3.9g

Fat

13mg

Cholesterol

39mg

Sodium

8.4g

Carbohydrate

0.9g

Protein

Cuisine:

American Recipes

Ingredients

2 ¾ cups All-purpose flour
½ tsp Baking powder
¼ tsp Kosher Salt
1 tsp Cinnamon
1 ½ tsp Ground ginger
½ tsp Cloves
½ tsp Ground nutmeg
½ tsp Ground cardamom
⅛ tsp Black pepper
1 cup (2 sticks) Unsalted butter
at room temperature
¾ cup Sugar
1 Large eggs
1 ½ tsp Vanilla extract
pure
1 cup Royal icing

Chai Tree and Snowflake Cookies

Chai Tree and Snowflake Cookies are cute Christmas cookies inspired by the flavor of chai tea. Chai is a tea which originated in India but has become popular worldwide. It is made by brewing black tea with a mixture of aromatic spices such as cinnamon, ginger, cloves, nutmeg and cardamom.

Start by making a cookie dough. First mix the dry ingredients together and gradually add to a creamed sugar and butter mixture. Chill the dough in the refrigerator before cutting out snowflake and tree shaped cookies. Bake, cool and decorate before sitting down to enjoy these cookies with a mug of steaming chai.

To make Chai Tree and Snowflake Cookies, you will need the following ingredients:

So, how to make Chai Tree and Snowflake Cookies?

Steps to make Chai Tree and Snowflake Cookies

1	Mix dry ingredients together	3
Mix the flour, baking powder, salt, cinnamon, ginger, cloves, nutmeg, cardamom and ⅛ teaspoon of black pepper together in a large bowl.
2	Cream sugar and butter	5
In a separate bowl, beat the butter and sugar with an electric mixer until light and fluffy. Beat in the egg and vanilla.
3	Mix dry and wet ingredients	5
Turn the mixer speed down to low. Add the flour mixture gradually and mix until just incorporated.
4	Chill dough	35
Divide the dough into 2. Shape into disks and roll each between 2 sheets of waxed paper until it is ⅛ inches thick. Chill for 30 minutes in the refrigerator until firm.
5	Heat the oven and prepare baking sheets	10
Preheat the oven to 350°F. Line 2-3 baking sheets with non-stick baking paper.
6	Cut out cookies	10
Cut out the cookies using floured tree and snowflake cutters. Place the cookies on the prepared sheets. Repeat until you have used up all the scraps of dough.
7	Bake	12
Place on a baking sheet in the oven for 10-12 minutes until the edges of the cookies are light golden brown.
8	Cool	15
Allow the cookies to cool on the baking sheets for 5 minutes before moving to a wire rack to cool completely.
9	Decorate the cookies	10
Using royal icing in a piping bag, pipe some decorations on the cookies and sprinkle with cinnamon.
10	Serve
Allow the icing to set, then serve with hot mugs of chai!

Chai Tree and Snowflake Cookies are cute Christmas cookies. Not only do they taste amazing, they are very instagrammable too! Please remember to tag #CookMeRecipes if you make these chai inspired cookies!

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