Goodbye summer’s afternoon diet coke, hello chai latté de fall.
Now that my coffee shop is just 18 strides from my office desk—when you work at home you have the luxury of doing things like actually counting how far the kitchen is from the computer—I’m finding that my afternoon routine has made a major switcheroo.
Lately I’ve been craving a different afternoon pick me up rather than the cold diet soda I sometimes wished could be pumped straight into my veins. I’ve been craving a cuppa something hot.
I tend to get all wrapped up in what I’m working on, so lately I’ve been making it a point to get up from my chair, move away from the computer screen, stretch my legs and clear my head with a 5-minute afternoon timeout.
My new favorite ritual is partaking of a moment in the waning afternoon sun, sitting on my deck with my chihuahua in my lap and a simple coffee drink in my hand. Lately my favorite has been an afternoon latte. Warm, milky and creamy.
I’ve been making them for myself the past few days and adding a dose of Tipu’s Chai Now, an instant Chai mix from a sweet little company based in Montana. Chai tea in Montana? Apparently so. And no, there’s nary a sign of steers or roping cowboys on their packaging.
Savoring the warming flavors of Chai—cinnamon, allspice, nutmeg—got me thinking I should be cooking something tasty that included the same flavors I love drinking.
And then Smudge started asking me for cookies. And then I put two and two together and waah-laah, Chai Shortbread Cookies were being created in my kitchen.
Oddly, I was compelled to add chocolate and sea salt. I’m sure you’ll understand.
Chai Shortbread Cookies with Sea Salt
PrintIngredients
- 2 sticks butter
- ⅔ cup sugar
- 2 cups all-purpose flour
- ¼ teaspoon salt
- ½ teaspoons vanilla
- ¾ tablespoons Tipu's Chai Now mix or 1 tablespoon chai tea ground fine
- 1 ½ cups semi-sweet chocolate chips
- ½ cup cream
- 1 tablespoon sea salt
Instructions
- Preheat oven to 375 degrees.
- In a large mixing bowl, cream butter and sugar together until fluffy. Add vanilla and blend well. In a separate bowl combine flour, salt and Chai mix and fluff with a fork or whisk. Add dry ingredients to butter mixture and mix until ingredients come together. Mixture will be crumbly. Mold dough into an 8-inch log, cover tightly with plastic wrap and refrigerate for at least one hour or 20 minutes in the freezer.
- With a serrated bread knife cut logs into ¼-inch thick discs and place 2 inches apart on a baking sheet lined with parchment paper. Bake for 12 minutes. Cool on a baking sheet.
- While cookies are baking, prepare the chocolate chip ganache. In a small saucepan add 1-inch of water, place a glass or heat-proof bowl filled with chocolate chips over the saucepan and bring water to a boil. Stir chocolate chips often as they melt. Add cream and mix until smooth. Remove from heat.
- Dip cookies halves into chocolate mixture and lightly sprinkle with sea salt.
Notes
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Disclosure: I was sent a sample pack of Tipu’s Chai Now tea but I was not compensated for this post and all opinions are my own. I just like the tea. And they’re from Montana and keeping it real in the old west.
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Hi! These cookies look so good that I decided to make them for our company cookie swap and bake off. I have one question though. The recipe says to dip the cookie in the ganache but in the photo, it appears more as if there was a “shmeer” of ganache on top? I would prefer the “shmeer”, can I assume you used the ganache as written in the recipe?
I dipped and schmeared both. The schmear gets you a more even edge but a dip tastes just as good :) totally your choice and yes, I used the ganache as in the recipe.
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These look fantastic! I love a rustic cookie like this one far better than a perfectly polished one — yum! And salted chocolate always hold a particular place in my heart ;)
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Hi Heidi!
I loved this whole post on chai recipes and needed to reach out. I work at Bhakti Chai in Boulder Colorado and we fresh press about 1700 pounds of fresh ginger every week to add to our spicy, micro-brewed chai. As a chai lover, I just wanted to make sure knew about us. Email me if you’re interested in chatting! Also, I love your photos and wanted to see if we might be able to use a few on a new website we’re designing — in the recipes section (giving you credit, of course). Look forward to hearing from you!
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