Description
Warm, spiced Chai Sugar Cookies with a sweet, creamy frosting – perfect for the winter season. These cookies are bursting with comforting spices and are topped with a delicious frosting that complements their flavor beautifully.
Ingredients
- For the Cookies:
- 1 cup butter (room temperature)
- 1/2 cup brown sugar
- 1/2 cup confectioners’ sugar
- 1 large egg
- 2 teaspoons vanilla extract
- 2 cups flour
- 1 teaspoon baking soda
- 1/4 teaspoon salt
- 1 tablespoon cinnamon
- 1/2 teaspoon ground ginger
- 1/2 teaspoon ground cardamom
- 1/4 teaspoon ground allspice
- 1/4 teaspoon ground nutmeg
- 1/4 teaspoon ground cloves
- For the Frosting:
- 1 cup confectioners’ sugar
- 1/2 teaspoon vanilla extract
- 2 tablespoons eggnog or milk
Instructions
- Preheat Oven: Preheat the oven to 350°F. Line a baking sheet with parchment paper or a silicone baking mat.
- Make Dough: In a large bowl, beat the butter, brown sugar, confectioners’ sugar, egg, and vanilla extract with a mixer until smooth.
- Combine Dry Ingredients: In a separate bowl, whisk together the flour, baking soda, salt, cinnamon, ginger, cardamom, allspice, nutmeg, and cloves.
- Mix Wet and Dry Ingredients: Slowly add the dry ingredients to the wet ingredients, beating until just combined.
- Chill Dough: Chill the dough for 1 hour in the refrigerator.
- Form Cookies: Drop 1 tablespoon of dough onto the prepared baking sheet. Lightly press down and sprinkle with turbinado sugar.
- Bake: Bake for 8-10 minutes, or until the edges are lightly golden.
- Cool: Let the cookies cool completely on a wire rack.
- Prepare Frosting: While the cookies are cooling, whisk together the frosting ingredients (confectioners’ sugar, vanilla extract, and eggnog or milk) until smooth.
- Frost: Frost the cookies using a knife or by dipping the tops of the cookies into the frosting.
Notes
- For a little extra crunch, try rolling the dough balls in turbinado sugar before baking.
- Store these cookies in an airtight container for up to a week.
- Feel free to use regular milk in place of eggnog if preferred, or for a dairy-free option, substitute with a non-dairy milk of choice.
- Prep Time: 15 minutes
- Cook Time: 10 minutes
- Category: Dessert
- Method: Baking
- Cuisine: American
Nutrition
- Serving Size: 1 cookie
- Calories: 180
- Sugar: 18g
- Sodium: 60mg
- Fat: 7g
- Saturated Fat: 4g
- Unsaturated Fat: 2g
- Trans Fat: 0g
- Carbohydrates: 28g
- Fiber: 1g
- Protein: 1g
- Cholesterol: 25mg
