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2
spiced chai-flavored tea bags
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3
cups all-purpose flour
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2
teaspoons pumpkin pie spice
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1 1/2
cups butter, softened
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1
cup sugar
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2
egg yolks
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2
tablespoons molasses
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1
recipe Powdered Sugar Icing (see recipe below)
1. Remove tea bag contents (3 teaspoons); discard bags. In medium bowl combine tea, flour, and pumpkin pie spice; set aside.
2. In large mixing bowl beat butter on medium to high 30 seconds. Add sugar; beat until light and fluffy. Beat in egg yolks and molasses. Beat in as much of the flour mixture as you can; stir in remaining flour. Divide dough in half. Cover and refrigerate about 3 hours or until easy to handle.
3. Preheat oven to 350 degrees F. Grease cookie sheets or line with parchment paper. On lightly floured surface, roll half of the dough at a time until 1/4-inch thickness. Cut dough with 4-inch gingerbread girl cutters.
4. Bake 12 minutes or until edges are lightly browned. Cool on cookie sheets 2 minutes. Transfer to rack to cool completely. Decorate with Powdered Sugar Icing. Makes 18 to 20 cookies.
- Storage To Store:Layer cookies between waxed paper is covered airtight container. Store at room temperature up to 3 days or freeze up to 3 months.
Yield: Makes about 1/2 cup.
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1 1/2
cups powdered sugar
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1/4
teaspoon vanilla or almond extract
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3
- 4
teaspoons milk
In a small bowl combine powdered sugar, vanilla or almond extract, and enough milk (3 to 4 teaspoons) to make smooth and of drizzling consistency.
- Calories 308,
- Protein (gm) 3,
- Carbohydrate (gm) 39,
- Fat, total (gm) 16,
- Cholesterol (mg) 64,
- Saturated fat (gm) 10,
- Monosaturated fat (gm) 4,
- Polyunsaturated fat (gm) 1,
- Dietary Fiber, total (gm) 1,
- Sugar, total (gm) 22,
- Vitamin A (IU) 486,
- Thiamin (mg) 0,
- Riboflavin (mg) 0,
- Niacin (mg) 1,
- Pyridoxine (Vit. B6) (mg) 0,
- Folate (µg) 40,
- Cobalamin (Vit. B12) (µg) 0,
- Sodium (mg) 112,
- Potassium (mg) 72,
- Calcium (DV %) 20,
- Iron (DV %) 1,
- Percent Daily Values are based on a 2,000 calorie diet
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EVERYBODY loved these. I too am going to add some flavoring to the icing. mmm........maple I think or maybe some real vanilla bean.
12/30/2011 06:21:44 PM Report AbuseI made these for the first time and they turned out great. I love Chai Tea so I thought I would try them.
12/19/2011 06:44:03 PM Report AbuseI love the idea of using tea in cookies because I always have a variety of teas. I'm sure other teas can be used in this recipe! I will be experimenting! My husband loved these and usually this isn't his kind of cookie. I used a tree cookie cutter and added almond to my glaze. This will work with any cutter, anytime of the year!
12/19/2011 05:57:32 PM Report AbusePlease don't let the shape of the cookie cutter stop you from making this cookie. Unless you want to make girl or boy shaped cookies, any cookie cutter would do. You can spruce up a plain thinly sliced cookie with a drizzle of icing and still have a wonderful tasting, cute cookie.
12/11/2011 02:27:11 PM Report AbuseCalorie count is right. 1 1/2 cups of butter (70cal per 2 tsp) tossed into less than 2 dozen cookies. That makes it approx 4 tsp of butter in each cookie. 140 cal of fat plus the carb calories and sugar calories. But hey, this is Christmas. Right??
11/28/2011 07:30:07 PM Report Abuse