Chai Spritz Cookies
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These Chai Spritz Cookies will remind you of a warm cup of tea with cardamom, ginger, and cloves mixed into a cream cheese spritz cookie dough and shaped with a cookie press for a delightful cookie.
Equipment
- Cookie press
- Baking Sheet
Ingredients
- 3 ounces cream cheese room temperature
- ½ cup shortening
- ½ cup granulated sugar
- 1 egg yolk
- ½ teaspoon pure vanilla extract
- 1 cup sifted flour
- 1 teaspoon cinnamon
- ½ teaspoon cardamom
- ½ teaspoon ground ginger
- ½ teaspoon kosher salt
- ¼ teaspoon allspice
- ¼ teaspoon ground cloves
- ¼ teaspoon white pepper
- Shimmer White Sugar
- Cupcake Pears
Instructions
- Preheat oven to 350° F.
- In a mixer, cream the shortening and cream cheese until smooth and well combined.
- Add the sugar, egg yolk, flour, vanilla, and mix until well combined.
- In a medium mixing bowl, whisk together the flour, cinnamon, cardamom, ginger, salt, allspice, cloves, and white pepper. Add the flour mixture to the wet ingredients and mix well.
- Using a spatula or knife, press the dough into the barrel of the cookie press and use according to manufacturer’s directions. Place the cookie press standing horizontally onto a baking sheet, squeeze the trigger, and gently lift up. If dough should stick to the press, gently remove with the tip of a knife or finger. Cookies can be about 1 ½ inches apart on the baking sheet. Decorate with shimmer white sugar and/or cupcake pearls, if desired.
- Bake for 10 minutes or until cookies are very lightly golden on the edges.
- Allow to cool on baking sheet for about a minute or so before transferring to a wire rack to cool completely.
Notes
You can divide the dough in half or in thirds before adding it to the cookie press.
Nutrition
Serving: 1g | Calories: 35kcal | Carbohydrates: 3g | Protein: 0.4g | Fat: 2g | Saturated Fat: 1g | Polyunsaturated Fat: 1g | Monounsaturated Fat: 1g | Trans Fat: 0.2g | Cholesterol: 5mg | Sodium: 24mg | Potassium: 5mg | Fiber: 0.1g | Sugar: 2g | Vitamin A: 24IU | Vitamin C: 0.01mg | Calcium: 3mg | Iron: 0.1mg