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These spice tea cookies with chai icing are an easy cookie to make for your next cookie swap. Or just sample a few with next cup of coffee or tea.

Spice Tea Cookies with Chai Icing

These spice tea cookies with chai icing are an easy cookie to make for your next cookie swap. Or just sample a few with your next cup of coffee or tea.
Prep Time 15 minutes
Cook Time 30 minutes
Total Time 45 minutes
Servings 48
Author Denise Wright (MyLifeCookbook.com)

Ingredients

  • cup flour
  • 1 teaspoon baking soda
  • 1 teaspoon salt
  • ½ cup butter
  • ½ cup butter flavored Crisco
  • ¾ granulated sugar
  • ¾ cup brown sugar packed
  • 1 teaspoon vanilla
  • 2 large eggs room temperature
  • 2 bags of Celestial Seasonings Bengal Spice tea remove bags
  • 2 bags of Celestial Seasonings Gingerbread tea remove bags

Chai Icing

  • 1 cup royal icing
  • ½ teaspoon cinnamon
  • ¼ teaspoon ginger
  • ¼ teaspoon pumpkin pie spice
  • teaspoon cardamon ground

Instructions

  1. Preheat oven to 375 degrees.
  2. In a large bowl mix the flour, salt, tea and baking soda.
  3. With your mixer cream the butter, Crisco, sugar, brown sugar, eggs and vanilla until creamy.
  4. Slowly add your flour mixture until everything is well combined. May have to scrap down the sides to get everything mixed.
  5. Place your cookies on a cookie sheet (not greased) and bake for 10-12 minutes depending on the size of your cookies.
  6. Check for doneness and desired color.
  7. Let cool completely before icing.
  8. For the icing: Mix the royal icing with the cinnamon, ginger, cardamon and pumpkin spice.
  9. When cookies are completely cooled, decorate with the icing. I used a squeeze bottle.
  10. Let the cookies sit out overnight to harden the icing.
  11. This recipe makes enough icing for a double batch of cookies so you can cut it in half if you are making a single batch.
  12. Enjoy!