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Chai Shortbread Cookies are a super tasty treat with many delicious flavors. It’s made by mixing classic shortbread’s rich, buttery taste with chai tea’s warm and aromatic spices. Every bite gives you a mix of sweetness and spices to make your taste buds happy. If you want to make it yourself, check out the recipe below and make your tea time special!
Ingredients For Chai Shortbread Cookies
- Unsalted butter
- Brown sugar
- Chai tea flavoring
- Vanilla extract
- All-purpose flour
- Sea salt
- Water
- White chocolate
Ingredient Notes and Variations
Brown sugar: Brown sugar provides deep molasses-like flavors to the chai tea shortbread. But you can use light brown sugar for a mild taste or blend both sugars to elevate your experience.
Chai tea flavorings: Choose high-quality chai or loose-leaf tea for perfect taste and fusion. Alternatively, you can use chai tea extract or concentrated chai flavorings for intense flavors.
All-purpose flour: It is the base of the shortbread. You can use a wheat flour mixture to make it healthier and more innovative.
White chocolate: Use premium white chocolate in the chai tea shortbread; it will be added to other chocolate flavors to create unique and delicious combinations.
How To Make Chai Shortbread Cookies?
1: Get the Dough Ready
- Mix brown sugar and butter.
- Add vanilla essence and chai. Beat well.
- Flour and salt can be sifted together.
- Add water, if necessary, to ensure the dough does not crumble.
2: Shape The Dough
- Once formed on a floured board, shape the disk.
- Wrap and refrigerate for 1 hour.
- After 1 hour, roll it off 1/4 inch and cut it into shapes.
3: Bake the Shortbread
- Bake cookies at 350 degrees for 10 minutes.
- Take the heat from the room and cool it to room temperature.
4: Drizzle Chocolate
- White chocolate melted and drizzled over chai-flavored shortbread cookies.
- Place them into the freezer for about 60 seconds.
- Serve them alongside a cup of coffee or tea.
Chai Shortbread Cookies
Ingredients
- 1 cup unsalted butter room temperature
- ¾ cup light brown sugar packed
- 1 teaspoon chai tea flavoring
- 1 teaspoon pure vanilla extract
- 1 ¾ cups all-purpose flour
- ½ teaspoon sea salt
- 2 tablespoons water optional
- ½ cup quality white chocolate melted
How to Make?
- Mix brown sugar with butter in a dish.
- Mix chai and vanilla extract into the mixture.
- Dough preparation involves sifting both flour and sea salt.
- Pour water into the crumbly mixture until it reaches a perfect consistency.
- After merging the dough, place it disc-like on a floured flat surface.
- Cover the dough before putting it into the fridge.
- Roll them out after an hour, then use a cookie cutter to make them 1/4″ thick.
- Bake at 350°F for 10 minutes.
- Let it cool, and then drizzle the white chocolate on top.
- Keep them frozen until the chocolate is hardened.
- Serve with coffee and tea.
