Chai Spiced Tea Cakes
By
Kathie Carr
@kathiecc
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These cookies are like chai spiced Mexican Wedding Cakes. I love the flavor and hope you will, too.
A friend gave me this one and tells me it was from a Christmas issue of a magazine she gets.
A friend gave me this one and tells me it was from a Christmas issue of a magazine she gets.
Ingredients
- 1/2 c
- unsalted butter, room temperature
- 1/3 c
- powdered sugar
- 2 tsp
- vanilla extract
- 1 tsp
- almond extract
- 3/4 tsp
- ground allspice
- 3/4 tsp
- ground cardamom
- 1/2 tsp
- ground cinnamon
- 1/4 tsp
- salt
- 1 c
- all purpose flour
- 3/4 c
- finely chopped toasted almonds
- 1 c
- powdered sugar for rolling cookies in
How to Make Chai Spiced Tea Cakes
- 1Preheat the oven to 350 degrees. Using an electric mixer, beat butter, 1/3 cup powdered sugar, both extracts, spices and salt in a medium bowl. Beat in the flour. Stir in almonds.
Using hands, roll dough into tablespoon sized balls. Place on a large baking sheet, spacing 1 inch apart. Bake in a preheated 350 degree oven for 20 to 25 minutes, until pale golden. Cool on the baking sheet for 5 minutes. - 2Place 1 cup powdered sugar in a large bowl. Working in batches, gently coat the hot cookies in sugar. Cool the cookies on a rack. Roll again in sugar and serve.
About Chai Spiced Tea Cakes
Course/Dish: Cookies
