Taylor Swift Chai Cookies TikTookay

“There are two ways you can go about this,” Taylor wrote. “The quick and easy way is to make sugar cookies from a sugar cookie mix and just cut open a packet of chai tea and pour it into the batter as you make it. Cause you’re busy and you want making cookies to be a chill part of your day. Pow. Done. OR If you want to make the cookies from scratch (that’s what I did for the1989 Secret Sessions), you can use this recipe I found on a baking blog I like, joythebaker.com and I believe it was originally from a book called The Pastry Queen. If you want another great baking blog, I get a lot of great ideas from smittenkitchen.com too. This is a recipe for basic insanely good sugar cookies. I added the chai element to the recipe because I thought it would infuse cozy holiday vibez into the cookie and it really did.”

I made a decision to make the cookies from scratch — whereas listening to my Taylor playlist, in fact. Here’s the way it went!

To bake from scratch, you will want: butter, vegetable oil, granulated sugar, powdered sugar, an egg, vanilla extract, chai tea leaves (or you may make your personal chai combine with just a few spices!), flour, baking soda, and salt. Here’s the recipe I used the place you could find the precise measurements and instructions — there are slight variations relying on who you ask, and I personally took a few shortcuts, however the recipe is just about the identical throughout the web.

ALRIGHT. First step, preheat your oven to 350 levels Fahrenheit. While the oven is heating up, beat the butter in a bowl for a couple of minute (the recipe requires a mixer, however I haven’t got one, so I simply used a picket spoon). Then, stir within the vegetable oil, each the granulated and powdered sugar, egg, and vanilla extract. Mix all of it up!

Time for the very best half — the chai!!! Pour the packet of crushed leaves into the combination and provides it a stir.

Now add the flour, baking soda, and salt. Slowly combine all of it collectively. And that is it — you have received your dough!

Next, take the combination and both chill it within the fridge for one hour or just stick it within the freezer for quarter-hour. I’m impatient, so I selected the latter possibility.

I made a decision to go forward and make the icing whereas I waited for the dough to sit back. This half is fairly easy: In a separate bowl, simply whisk the powdered sugar, nutmeg, cinnamon, and eggnog/milk collectively. “The more milk/eggnog you add, the more your icing will become a glaze. But glazes are legit too so basically just LIVE YOUR LIFE,” Taylor wrote in her submit. “If you’re actually feeling like dwelling on the sting, you’ll be able to go forward and add just a few drops of meals coloring to the icing to make it festive. No one goes to cease you.”

Okay, now let’s get again to the primary occasion! Take the dough and roll it into small balls, after which flatten them on a baking sheet. They needs to be barely thick!

Place the sheet within the oven. When the timer is up, rigorously take away and sprinkle just a little little bit of granulated sugar over the cookies.

Once the cookies have cooled sufficient, seize a spoon and slather on the icing! Top with sprinkles of cinnamon, as a ✨deal with✨.

Final step: ENJOY!!! 🍪🍪🍪

My verdict: TRY IT. Honestly, they tasted loads like snickerdoodles to me — I did not discover the chai ingredient too overwhelming. Overall, I used to be fairly proud of how these turned out. Lola thought they smelled good too!

Would I make these once more? Absolutely! I’d undoubtedly make the cookies just a little smaller subsequent time, although. I’d additionally wish to attempt making with eggnog and including in some meals coloring. I’m certain the recipe would even be loads simpler with a mixer. All in all although, I’d name the cookies a hit!

That’s all for now! If you attempt the recipe, make sure you inform us within the feedback the way it goes!!! If you want me, I’ll be listening to my Taylor Swift fall playlist on repeat till Midnights drops.