India x USA

Masala chai cookies

Name: Masala chai cookies
Total time: 45 min
Yield: 12 servings
Cuisine: Fusion
Ingredients: 1/2 cup soft butter; 1/2 cup sugar; 1/4 cup brown sugar; 2 tbsp milk; 1 2/3 cups maida (all-purpose flour, plain flour); 2 tsp CTC finely ground tea leaves (black tea leaves); 1/2 tsp cinnamon powder; 1/2 tsp dry ginger powder (ground ginger); 1/2 tsp cardamom; a pinch black pepper; a pinch nutmeg; 1/2 tsp baking soda (bicarb soda, bicarbonate of soda); a pinch salt

Your chai masala, baked into a cookie built to be dunked.

45 minTime

2 gProtein each

mildSpice

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The original

181kcalsame

2 gproteinsame

1 gfibresame

45minutessame

Per serving, worked out from the ingredient table.

Ingredients

Butter½ cup, soft

Sugar½ cup

Brown sugar¼ cup

Milk2 tbsp

Maida (all-purpose flour, plain flour)1⅔ cups

Tea leaves (black tea leaves)2 tsp CTC, finely ground

Cinnamon powder½ tsp

Dry ginger powder (ground ginger)½ tsp

Cardamom½ tsp

Black peppera pinch

Nutmega pinch

Baking soda (bicarb soda, bicarbonate of soda)½ tsp

Salta pinch

Method

6 steps

1Heat the oven to 180°C and line two trays.
2Grind the tea leaves to a fine powder in a spice grinder.
3Beat the butter, sugar and brown sugar until creamy, then beat in the milk.
4Whisk the maida, ground tea, spices, baking soda and salt and mix into the butter to a soft dough.
5Roll into 24 balls, place 5 cm apart and flatten slightly. Bake 11 to 12 minutes.
6Cool on the trays 5 minutes, then on a rack. Store airtight.

Serve it like this

Stack cookies beside a glass of masala chai on a steel plate.

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