Vanilla Chai Shortbread
Spiced and slightly sweet, these Vanilla Chai Shortbread biscuits are ideal for anyone who wants a bit of a kick without an overload of sugar. The dough is super simple and can be modified to fit anyone’s taste. Yields about 46-50 shortbread cookies
Servings
46-50shortbread biscuits
Cook Time
25-27minutes
Servings
46-50shortbread biscuits
Cook Time
25-27minutes
Ingredients
Instructions
  1. In the bowl of a stand mixer or with a hand mixer, cream together the butter and sugar until light and fluffy (about 3 minutes).***
  2. Add 1 Tbsp vanilla extract. Then add the flour, 1/2 at a time, and the chai spice mixture. Beat until the dough comes together.
  3. Form the dough into a flat disc, wrap it in plastic wrap, and allow to chill for 30 minutes. Then, remove the dough from the fridge and, using either a dusting of flour on the countertop or two pieces of parchment paper, roll it out until it’s about 1/3-1/2 cm thick. (If you don’t want to chill it, you can easily roll the dough out right away. I personally like to give the dough some time to rest and let it harden up a bit so that it’s not so soft and doesn’t stick.)
  4. Preheat the oven to 300°F and line a baking sheet or two with parchment paper. Use a cookie cutter or a knife to cut the dough into your preferred shapes and line them up on the prepared baking sheets. Dock the shortbread cutouts with a fork about 4 times each. (I like to chill my dough in the freezer about 5 minutes to help it keep it’s shape as it bakes, docking it should be enough to do the trick if you don’t want to take the extra step!)
  5. Bake about 25-27 minutes until the bottoms are golden brown (the edges won’t show much color, if any at all). Remove from oven and allow to cool on a wire rack.
Recipe Notes

* If you want to be fancy or feel like you want a more amped up vanilla flavor, substitute the 1 Tbsp vanilla extract with the seeds from 1 vanilla bean. ** You can use any chai spice mix that you like!  I personally make a full batch of this mix from Fit Foodie Finds (1 tsp cardamom, 1 tsp allspice, 2 tsp cinnamon, 1 tsp cloves, 1 Tbsp ginger) and just keep it on hand in the pantry.  If you want a bit more of a kick, you can add some pepper to the mix like this Lively Table version. *** If you don’t have an electric mixer or don’t want to use a mixer, you can easily make these by hand using a wooden spoon to beat everything together.

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