Name: Chai Snickerdoodles with Eggnog Frosting
Prep time: 15 min
Cook time: 10 min
Total time: 25 min
Yield: 36
Cuisine: American
Ingredients: 3/4 cup salted butter, softened; 1 1/2 cups sugar; 2 eggs; 2 3/4 + 2 Tablespoons flour; 2 teaspoons cream of tarter; 1 teaspoon baking soda; 3/4 teaspoon cardamom; 1/4 teaspoon salt; 2 Tablespoons sugar; 1 Tablespoon cinnamon; 1 Tablespoon cardamom; 1/4 teaspoon nutmeg; 1/4 cup salted butter (add 1/8 teaspoon salt if using unsalted); 2 Tablespoons eggnog; 1/4 teaspoon nutmeg; 1 1/4 cups powdered sugar

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These beautiful Chai Snickerdoodles Cookies are just about as easy to make as regular snickerdoodles. The frosting is super quick and easy and is also completely optional! Heading to a cookie party? Whip these up for a simple yet beautiful treat! The inside is so soft, and slightly chewy, it's the perfect texture. The cardamom in the chai spice is the perfect complimentary flavor to the traditional cinnamon sugar. It gives it a nice oomph and really takes them to the next level for flavor.

How to Make Chai Snickerdoodles

These are made just like any other cookie. Preheat the oven to 400*F Start by beating the softened butter and sugar together until light and creamy, about 1 minute. Add the eggs and beat about another minute, then scrape down the sides and beat to combine. Add the dry ingredients and mix until just mixed. What I like to do is measure in the flour then the other dry ingredients on top. Then I use my (clean) fingers to gently give it a quick little mix. Nothing fancy or extensive, just enough to break up the baking soda, salt etc. so as to prevent little clumps of them.

Once the dough is mixed, make chai sugar mixture. Place ingredients in a bowl and mix to combine. Form dough into balls then roll into chai sugar mixture. Place on baking sheet. I like to leave plenty of room for them to spread, so I usually do 12 cookies per sheet. Bake for 8-10 minutes. The cookies are done when the top is matte and the edges juuuust start to darken.

For the frosting: I like to use slightly softened butter. A little softened, but also still a little cold. Beat butter for 1 minute then add eggnog and nutmeg and beat until well combined. Add the powdered sugar and beat until well combined. Place frosting in a ziploc baggie and snip just the tip of one of the corners off. Squeeze frosting through the hole in any design you'd like!

Tips & Tricks

Store in an airtight container for up to 3 days.

These cookies freeze really well. I like to freeze them while they are still slightly warm. It makes them suuuper soft when thawing and eating.

Other Cookies for the Holidays

Molasses Crinkle Cookies

Caramel Brownie Cookies

Chai Snickerdoodles with Eggnog Frosting

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5 from 2 reviews

Author: Nicole
Total Time: 25 minutes
Yield: 36 1x

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Description

Chai snickerdoodles scream Christmas. Super soft with that yummy chai flavor w/ a light eggnog frosting, they are perfect for a cookie party!

Ingredients

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Cookie:

¾ cup salted butter, softened
1 ½ cups sugar
2 eggs
2 ¾ + 2 Tablespoons flour
2 teaspoons cream of tarter
1 teaspoon baking soda
¾ teaspoon cardamom
¼ teaspoon salt

Chai mix:

2 Tablespoons sugar
1 Tablespoon cinnamon
1 Tablespoon cardamom
¼ teaspoon nutmeg

Frosting:

¼ cup salted butter (add ⅛ teaspoon salt if using unsalted)
2 Tablespoons eggnog
¼ teaspoon nutmeg
1 ¼ cups powdered sugar

Instructions

For the dough:

Preheat the oven to 400*F
Beat the softened butter and sugar together until light and creamy, about 1 minute. Add the eggs and beat about another minute, then scrape down the sides and beat to combine.
Add the dry ingredients and mix until just combined.

For the Chai:

Mix ingredients together in a small bowl.

Make the Cookies:

Form dough into balls then roll into chai sugar mixture. Place on baking sheet.
Bake for 8-10 minutes. The cookies are done when the top is matte and the edges juuuust start to darken.

For the frosting:

Get slightly softened butter- A little softened, but also still a little cold. Beat butter for 1 minute then add eggnog and nutmeg and beat until well combined. Add the powdered sugar and beat until well combined.
Place frosting in a ziploc baggie and snip just the tip of one of the corners off.
Make sure cookies are cooled completely then decorate lightly in favorite design.

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