Chai Cookies
Chai Spiced Cookies are a delicious buttery, crumbly, sweet treat. Made with cardamom, cinnamon, and other warming spices, these cookies are perfect with a cup of hot coffee or tea. ‘
Chai Spiced Cookies are ball-shaped cookies made with a mix of chai-inspired spices. If you’re in fall baking mode, you’re going to love these cookies. And you might also like our Strudel Cookies.
Ingredients
Please check the recipe card below for a detailed, printable ingredient list.
- powdered sugar
- butter
- flour
- almond extract
- vanilla extract
- dried cherries. You can find dried, unsweetened cherries in bulk at Whole Foods.
Spices
How To Make Chai Cookies
Please check the printable recipe card below for more detailed instructions.
These cookies are so easy to make.
- Mix butter, powdered sugar, and spice mix until blended. Add flour and dried cherries and beat until thick.
- Shape the dough into small balls and place on a baking sheet.
- Bake at 350° Fahrenheit for 20 minutes.
- Cool briefly, dust with powdered sugar, then cool completely on a rack.
Recipe Tips
POWDERED SUGAR – In this recipe, you’ll need 1/3 cup of powdered sugar for the dough. The remaining powdered sugar is for either dusting or rolling the cookies. Why do I mention this?
Because if you roll your cookies in powdered sugar you’ll end up with a sweeter cookie. And that might be the way you like it. At my house, we gravitate towards cookies that are a little less sweet, so I generally will give these cookies a quick dusting. Experiment and see what you and your family like better.
DRIED CHERRIES – I love dried cherries. They are so flavorful and add a soft texture to the cookies. If you don’t like dried cherries, substitute them with raisins. One easy way to pack even more flavor into these already flavorful chai-spiced cookies is to soak them before adding them to the dough.
Sometimes, I’ve soaked them in good orange juice (I love Trader Joe’s unpasteurized, fresh-squeezed orange juice) for a while. It added an extra bit of deliciousness.
But in the end, I decided that this step wasn’t mandatory to end up with amazingly delicious chai-spiced cookies.
If you decide to soak the dried cherries beforehand, I recommend giving them at least 1 hour to sit in the liquid. I wanted this to be a quick recipe you can make on the fly, which is the reason why I didn’t include this step in the original recipe.
Alternatively, you could also soak them in other liquids like brandy.
How long do Chai Cookies last?
You can store the chai cookies in an airtight container for about a month. I’ve never done that because the cookies have never lasted this long at our house.
More Easy and Delicious Cookie Recipes
Crinkle Cookies – Very easy to make, have a light and moist texture, and you can make them in tons of different flavors.
Spekulatius – Mildy spice shortbread cookies.
Vanillekipferl – Classic German/Austrian Christmas cookie.
Lemon Date Balls. One of my favorite no-bake treats.
Butterball Cookies – Another cookie ball recipe that’s perfect for the holidays.
Chai Cookies
Ingredients
- ¾ cup powdered sugar divided
- ½ cup butter
- 1 cup flour
- ½ cup dried cherries
SPICES
- 1 teaspoon almond extract
- 1 teaspoon vanilla extract
- 1 teaspoon cinnamon
- 1 teaspoon ground cardamom
- ¼ teaspoon nutmeg
- ¼ teaspoon ground cloves
- ¼ teaspoon salt
Instructions
- Preheat the oven 350° Fahrenheit. Line a baking sheet with parchment paper or Silpat.
- Combine ⅓ cup of powdered sugar, butter, and spice mix in a large bowl. Blend until the mixture is creamy.
- Add flour and blend the dough begins to turn into large clumps.
- Remove the dough from the bowl. Use your hands and form little dough balls. Place the dough balls onto the baking sheet.
- Bake the cookies for 20 minutes at 350° Fahrenheit.
- Remove the chai spiced cookies from the oven. Allow cookies to cool for a couple of minutes. Dust with remaining powdered sugar.
Notes
Nutritional Information
Nutritional Disclaimer
Cheerful Cook team members are not trained nutritionists or medical professionals. Calorie information and nutritional values are estimates. If you have nutritional concerns, we recommend using a nutritional calculator.
Maike Corbett is the founder and food blogger of Cheerful Cook, a popular recipe website featuring comfort food recipes from the US and Germany. She has been featured in numerous media outlets, including the AP Wire and MSN.