Chai Spiced Tea Cakes
By
Kathie Carr
@kathiecc
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A friend gave me this one and tells me it was from a Christmas issue of a magazine she gets.
Ingredients
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1/2 cunsalted butter, room temperature
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1/3 cpowdered sugar
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2 tspvanilla extract
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1 tspalmond extract
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3/4 tspground allspice
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3/4 tspground cardamom
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1/2 tspground cinnamon
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1/4 tspsalt
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1 call purpose flour
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3/4 cfinely chopped toasted almonds
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1 cpowdered sugar for rolling cookies in
How to Make Chai Spiced Tea Cakes
- Preheat 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. - Place 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.