Chai Sugar
Cookie
yield: 21 cookies
prep time: 5 - 10 minutes
chill time: 60 minutes
cook time: 9 minutes
Calories: 147
Carbs: 25.3
Fat: 4.6
Fiber: 0
Protein: 1.5
ingredients
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½ cup unsalted butter, room temperature
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½ cup unsweetened apple sauce
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½ cup granulated sugar (+ more for topping)
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½ cup powdered sugar
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1 egg
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2 teaspoon vanilla extract or paste
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2 cups flour
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½ teaspoon baking soda
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¼ teaspoon kosher salt
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1 vanilla chai bag (bigelow brand)
for the icing
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1 ½ cup powdered sugar
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¼ teaspoon each nutmeg & cinnamon
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3 tablespoons egg nog (or milk of choice)
directions
​for the icing
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In a small bowl, sift powdered sugar, nutmeg & cinnamon.
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Add in egg nog and mix well until a thick icing forms. Set aside.
​for the cookies
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Sift together flour, baking soda & salt. Add in leaves from chai bag to flour, mix and set aside.
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Beat the butter and applesauce.
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Add in both sugars, egg, and vanilla. Mix well.
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Add the dry ingredients to the butter/sugar mixture. Mix well.
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Cover bowl with plastic wrap and chill dough for 1 hour.
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Heat oven to 350° Line a cookie sheet with a silicone baking mat or parchment paper. Drop tablespoon size dough drops onto baking sheet.
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I used a rounded size of this scoop
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Press evenly and cover with extra sugar. Bake for 9ish minutes. When completely cool, cover with icing.
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This recipe was modified by me from Taylor Swifts recipe here.
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