- Prep Time: 20 mins
- Cook Time: 8 mins
- Total Time: 28 mins
- Yield: 20 sandwich cookies 1x
- Prep Time: 20 mins
- Cook Time: 8 mins
- Total Time: 28 mins
- Yield: 20 sandwich cookies 1x
Scale:
- Prep Time: 20 mins
- Cook Time: 8 mins
- Total Time: 28 mins
- Yield: 20 sandwich cookies 1x
Ingredients
For the cookies
- 6 tablespoons butter, room temperature
- 2 ounces cream cheese, room temperature
- 3/4 cup granulated sugar
- 1 large egg, room temperature
- 2 cups flour
- 1/2 teaspoon baking soda
- 1/2 teaspoon salt
- 2 teaspoons ground ginger
- 1 teaspoon fresh ground cardamom
- ½ teaspoon ground cinnamon
- ½ teaspoon black pepper
- scant ¼ teaspoon nutmeg
- scant ¼ teaspoon cloves
For the filling
- 3 tablespoons butter
- 1.5 tablespoons cream cheese
- 1 cup powdered sugar
- 1.5 tablespoons chai concentrate
Instructions
- Preheat oven to 350°F. Line two large cookie sheets with parchment paper.
- In a large mixing bowl with a paddle attachment, cream the butter, cream cheese, and sugar until light and fluffy. Add in egg and beat until combined.
- In a separate bowl, combine flour, baking soda, salt, and spices. Slowly add the dry ingredients into the wet, mixing on low speed until just combined.
- Roll out 1/2 ounce balls of dough (about the size of a large marble) and press slightly into the cookie sheet, forming a flattened disk. Bake for roughly 8 minutes, so that the cookies are still soft to the touch. Allow to cool completely before frosting.
- To make the frosting, whip the butter, cream cheese, sugar, and chai concentrate until light and fluffy. Place into a small piping bag and pip out dollops of frosting over the undersides of half of the cookies. Top with other half of cookies to make cookie sandwiches!
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These look really good! I love chai so much!! I don’t have any chai concentrate, but I do have a masala chai powder. Is there a way to substitute them? Or do I just need to find a concentrate somewhere?
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Masala chai powder will most likely be fine! I would just taste the batter to make sure it tastes chai-y enough 🙂
Served these at a monthly test kitchen I host (mostly to give me an excuse to feed friends), and folks couldn’t stop eating them. In fact, I noticed a few being eaten even before the starters and mains were served … Thank you!!
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Look look delicious! I love Chai spiced anything!!
I love these :)) Have to make them on the weekend 🙂
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Great idea! Let me know what you think!
These look a lot like whoopie pies, are they similar at all? I totally agree with you about chai, it’s one of my favourite flavours. These look so great.
No, they definitely have a cookie texture, where whoopie pies are lighter. But delicious all the smae!