Week 23 Featured Ingredient: Chai Tea
Yes, tea as a food ingredient. Why not?! It was a work week for me so I needed to pick something fast and easy. We're having a bake sale at work to raise money for our Relay for Life team, so I figured I might as well bake something. I had no idea what chai tea tasted like, or whether cookies made with tea would be any good, but I was pleasantly surprised when I opened the tea pouch and smelled the contents. I really liked the aroma of the spices. After cooking, the cookies looked like a peanut butter cookie, but tasted somewhat like a gingersnap cookie. I liked them.
Chai Tea Cookies
Taken from allrecipes.com
Makes ~4 dozen small cookies
Ingredients:
1 cup unsalted butter1 cup Chai Tea Latte Mix (~6 packets)
1&1/3 cups white sugar
2 eggs
3 cups flour
1 TBSP baking powder
2 teaspoons salt
1/2 cup white sugar for decoration
Directions:
In a large bowl, cream together the butter, sugar, and chai tea mix until light and fluffy. Beat in the eggs, one at a time. Combine the flour, baking powder, and salt; blend into the creamed mixture until all of the dry has been absorbed. Cover the dough and refrigerate for 1 hour.
Preheat oven to 400ºF. Roll the cookie dough into walnut-sized balls and roll in sugar. Place the cookies onto a greased cookie sheet about 3 inches apart and flatten slightly using a fork. Bake for ~8-10 minutes until the edges begin to brown. Cool on wire rack.
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