Chai Cookies Recipe

Small white espresso mugh holding 3 chai cookies with cinnamon sticks and green cardamom pods.

5 from 4 votes

Chai Cookies with chocolate chunks might just warm your heart and soothe your soul. Warming spices and melting chocolate fill a delicious soft, buttery cookie.

Makes about 5 dozen

Prep Time20

Cook Time10

Refrigeration Time1

Total Time1 30

Course: Dessert

Cuisine: American

Keyword: cookies with spices, exotic cookie recipes, recipes with chai

Servings:

Calories: 237kcal

Author: Valentina K. Wein

Equipment

Ingredients

1 teaspoon ground black pepper
1 teaspoon ground cardamom
1 teaspoon ground cinnamon
1 teaspoon ground cloves
1 teaspoon ground ginger
½ teaspoon salt
2¼ cups + 2 tablespoons all-purpose flour, spooned and leveled
½ teaspoon baking soda
1 teaspoon baking powder
1 cup unsalted butter, softened to room temperature
1 cup granulated sugar
½ cup light brown sugar
1 teaspoon pure vanilla extract
1 tablespoon heavy cream
1 tablespoon molasses
1 large egg, lightly mixed with a fork
14 ounces milk chocolate, roughly chopped (or chips)

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Instructions

Line a couple of baking sheets with parchment paper. Set them aside.
Make chai spice mix and prep chocolate. Combine the chai spices in a small bowl and chop the chocolate. Set these aside, too.
Make batter. In a large mixing bowl, mix the flour, baking soda, and baking powder with the chai spices and salt.
In a slightly larger mixing bowl, combine the softened butter with the sugars, vanilla, molasses, and cream. Then, gradually blend in the egg.
Add the flour mixture and stir only until the flour is incorporated. Then fold in the chocolate chunks.
Shape and refrigerate. Use an (approximately 1¼ inch) cookie scoop to shape the dough into balls, placing each one on the parchment-lined baking sheets as you go. (At this point, the balls can be very close together.) Cover the baking sheet with plastic wrap and refrigerate until the dough is firm, at least 1 hour.
While the dough is in the refrigerator, preheat the oven to 350° F.
Bake and cool. Place 9 to 12 of the shaped cookie dough balls on another parchment-lined baking sheet and bake for about 10 to 12 minutes, just until the dough has solidified. It might still look a bit doughy in the very center -- which is perfect!
Carefully remove the baked cookies with a metal spatula and place them on a cooling rack. Repeat this process until all of the cookies are baked.

Notes

Nutritional information is automatically calculated, so it should only be used as an estimate.

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