Chai Browned Butter Snickerdoodles

Chai Brown Butter Snickerdoodles – Simply delightful, these chewy snickerdoodles are perfectly flavored with the nuttiness of brown butter and spice of chai and cinnamon.

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I have the best cookies for you today: Chai Browned Butter Snickerdoodles!  I love cookies!  Whether it’s a homemade batch, a Mrs. Field’s one at the mall or an Oreo, they all have some fond childhood nostalgia tied to them.  Growing up, any homemade cookies in my house were butter cookies or sugar cookies.  For my mom, they were teacakes my big mama baked.  In fact, all of the recipes are variations of the same cookie, much like the snickerdoodle.

Recently, I asked my mom if she even knew what a snickerdoodle was.  She had no clue.  I told her a snickerdoodle is basically a sophisticated sugar cookie with a funkier name.  The dough is much like that of the classic lunchroom cookies but it is rolled in a lovely combination of white sugar and cinnamon.

I never baked snickerdoodles before now but my husband recently demanded a batch (well not really, he politely asked) and I kindly obliged.  This chai browned butter snickerdoodle is simply delightful!  The browned butter, which I think I am in love with and will have to incorporate into every single recipe I make from now on, is perfection.  The chai adds a lovely flavor to this cookie.  It’s like a teenage babysitter, slightly more mature but can still bring out the kid in us.

Chai Browned Butter Snickerdoodles- Slightly Adapted from The Recipe Girl

Yield- 2-3 dozen cookies

DIRECTIONS:

3. Next whisk flour, cream of tartar, baking soda, salt and chai spice into the wet mixture until smooth.  Place the final dough in the refrigerator to cool for about 30 minutes until firm but still easily workable.
5. Whisk together cinnamon chai spice and sugar in a small bowl.  Roll dough into small balls then dip them in the sugar mixture and place on a baking sheet, each an inch apart.

6. Bake for 10-12 minutes until baked through but still chewy and serve.  I love them warm!

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Chai Browned Butter Snickerdoodles

Prep Time

30 mins

Cook Time

10 mins

Total Time

40 mins

 

 I love cookies! Whether it’s a homemade batch, a Mrs. Field’s one at the mall or an Oreo, they all have some fond childhood nostalgia tied to them. Growing up, any homemade cookies in my house were butter cookies or sugar cookies.

Course: Dessert

Cuisine: Southern

Keyword: back to school, cookie recipes, family recipes

Servings: 36 cookies

Calories: 128 kcal

Ingredients

For the cookies:

• 2 sticks unsalted butter room temperature
• 1 1/3 cups granulated sugar
• 2 large eggs room temperature
• 2 3/4 cups all-purpose flour
• 2 teaspoons cream of tartar
• 1 teaspoon baking soda
• 1/2 teaspoon salt
• 1 1/2 teaspoons pure vanilla extract
• 1 teaspoon chai spice I used the spice from The Spice House or you can make your own here

For the rolling mixture:

• 2/3 cup granulated white sugar
• 1 3/4 teaspoons ground cinnamon
• 1/2 teaspoon chai spice

Instructions

For the Browned Butter:

1. Melt butter over medium low heat in a small saucepan. Continue to cook butter and allow it to slowly brown until it turns a dark golden color with specs throughout.
2. Turn of heat and allow it to cool completely.

For the Cookie Dough:

1. Preheat oven to 350 degrees. Next add cooled butter, sugar, eggs and vanilla to a medium sized bowl and whisk ingredients together.
2. Next whisk flour, cream of tartar, baking soda, salt and chai spice into the wet mixture until smooth. Place the final dough in the refrigerator to cool for about 30 minutes until firm but still easily workable.
3. Whisk together cinnamon chai spice and sugar in a small bowl. Roll dough into small balls then dip them in the sugar mixture and place on a baking sheet, each an inch apart.
4. Bake for 10-12 minutes until baked through but still chewy and serve. I love them warm!

Nutrition Facts

Chai Browned Butter Snickerdoodles

Amount Per Serving

Calories 128 Calories from Fat 45

% Daily Value*

Total Fat 5g 8%

Saturated Fat 3g 15%

Cholesterol 23mg 8%

Sodium 67mg 3%

Potassium 43mg 1%

Total Carbohydrates 18g 6%

Sugars 11g

Protein 1g 2%

Vitamin A 3.4%

Calcium 0.6%

Iron 2.9%

* Percent Daily Values are based on a 2000 calorie diet.

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