About six years ago, Taylor Swift posted on her Instagram the photo of one of her favorite homemade desserts, which prepared her fans for the secret sessions of 1989 and quickly became a classic. Little time passed for the swifties to start asking Taylor for the recipe for her chai cookies, and she shared it through a post on Tumblr.
Every year, hundreds of people try to recreate the viral recipe and even upload videos of its process to Instagram and TikTok. This 2023 is no exception, and since autumn is a perfect time for this sweet and spicy flavor, today we share how to make cookies Taylor style.
The recipe is not complicated, and today we will share it with you so you can make your version of Taylor Swift’s Chai cookies.
Taylor Swift’s Chai Cookies Recipe…
As Taylor said in a post on Tumblr, there are two ways you can recreate this recipe, easy or difficult. For the easy one, all you have to do is buy a pre-made sugar cookie dough add a tablespoon of chai powder or an envelope of chai tea, and bathe them with Taylor’s special glaze, which we will tell you how to prepare later.
However, if you are one of those who love challenges and with a great pastry spirit, you can make the dough from scratch.
Ingredients for Taylor Swift chai cookies:
- 1/2 cup butter at room temperature.
- 1/2 cup vegetable oil.
- 1/2 cup granulated sugar.
- 1/2 cup icing sugar.
- 1 large egg.
- 2 teaspoons vanilla.
- 2 cups flour.
- 1/2 teaspoon baking soda.
- 1/4 teaspoon salt.
- 1 <>/<> teaspoons ginger powder.
- 1 teaspoon cinnamon powder.
- 1/2 teaspoon allspice (also called coarse pepper or sweet pepper).
- 1/4 teaspoon nutmeg powder.
- 1/4 teaspoon cardamom powder.
- 1/8 teaspoon of clove powder.
- A pinch of ground pepper.
Do not worry if you do not find any of the spices: you can replace it with a little more cinnamon or simply eliminate it. We promise that your cookies will be delicious in any way.
Ingredients for the glaze:
- 1 cup icing sugar.
- 1/4 teaspoon nutmeg.
- 1/4 teaspoon ground cinnamon.
- 3 tablespoons milk or eggnog.
How to prepare them
The original recipe and the specific preparation instructions that Taylor uses were compiled by the blog Joy the Baker and here we bring it to you.
- Preheat the oven to 176 degrees Celsius and prepare your tray with nonstick patchpaper
- Using a mixer equipped with a popsicle attachment, whisk the butter into a large bowl on medium speed for about 1 minute. Add the vegetable oil. It may not be fully incorporated with butter, but it’s okay.
- Add the granulated sugar, powdered sugar, and all spices. Beat to combine.
- Add the egg and vanilla, beating at medium speed until completely incorporated.
- Add the flour, baking soda, and salt at once with a wooden spoon or mixer on low speed.
- The dough will be soft. Refrigerate for 1 hour or freeze for 15 minutes to make it easier to handle.
- For large cookies, place 2 tablespoons of cookie dough on the baking sheet about 5 centimeters apart. For smaller cookies, use 1 tablespoon for each cookie. Press the dough evenly with your fingers or palm until it is half a centimeter thick.
- Roll each ball into a small bowl of cinnamon sugar.
- Bake 12 to 14 minutes for larger cookies or 8 to 10 minutes for smaller cookies.
- Let the cookies cool on the baking sheet for at least 10 minutes before transferring them to the racks to cool completely.
- In a medium bowl, mix the frosting ingredients until you get a thick but spreadable consistency. Spread the frosting in the center of each cookie, leaving the edges without frosting (they must be already cold). Sprinkle with some fresh nutmeg if you have it.
- Store cookies in an airtight container at room temperature for up to 4 days.
Also, you can check here Tay’s tips to make this great Christmas recipe.
What are you saying? Do you dare to try it? Remember that The bakers gonna bake bake bake bake bake!
