Jumbo Chai-Spiced Cookies
These quick and easy Chai-Spiced Cookies are the perfect fall cookie. They’re sweet, slightly spicy and perfectly chewy. All cookies are best when out of the oven, but I love these cookies because they’re just as good and just as chewy after a few days.
Vegan Chai-Spiced Cookies
with black tea icing
Ingredients
1 cup brown sugar
2 tsp ground cinnamon
1/2 tsp ground cloves
1/2 tsp ground allspice
1/4 tsp ground nutmeg
1/2 tsp ground ginger
1 tsp vanilla extract
1 tbsp apple cider vinegar
1/4 cup applesauce
1/2 cup coconut oil
1 1/2 cups flour
1/2 tsp baking soda
For the icing:
1 cup powdered sugar
1 tbsp, plus 1 tsp black tea
Directions
Preheat oven to 350° F. Grease or line a baking sheet.
In a small bowl, combine the flour and baking soda. Set aside.
In a large bowl, combine the rest of the ingredients.
Add the flour mixture to the dough and mix until combined.
Using a 1/4 cup ice cream scooper, or using your hands, scoop 8 large balls of dough onto your prepared baking sheet, 2 inches apart.
Bake for 13-15 minutes, until edges begin to brown. Let cool for 10 minutes
While cooling, make the icing by whisking the powdered sugar and tea until smooth.
Fill icing into a piping bag and ice the cooled cookies.
Recipe Notes:
You can also make 18 smaller (2-inch) cookies, but adjust the cooking time to 10-12 minutes.
Rather than using a piping bag and icing the cookies, you can also add 1 more teaspoon to the icing and drizzle on top of the cookies using the whisk or a spoon.