This Chai Latte Snickerdoodle Christmas Cookie Recipe is so delicious– I make it for cookie exchanges and everyone always begs for the recipe! These chai latte snickerdoodle cookies are dipped in white chocolate for the ultimate in holiday cheer!
The perfect Christmas cookie recipe!
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Okay, so earlier I shared with you my Gingerbread Chai Latte Recipe and nothing pairs more perfectly than these Chai Latte Snickerdoodles….it takes me back to that snowy daydream!
There’s just something about chai spice that takes me to a cold winter day and snickerdoodles are a total Christmas treat….so why not combine them. Then just dunk them in a little bit of melted Godiva white chocolate for a little added decadence.
When you pair these Chai Latte Snickerdoodle cookies with a nice warm Gingerbread Chai Latte you are transformed from your crazy toy filled living room and piles of laundry to a warm and snuggly chair by the fireplace. Just close your eyes and take a big whiff of the latte and a little nibble of cookie and you’ll dream of Christmas music wafting through the air with the sounds of embers crackling in the fireplace. You’ll want to pull the oversized cozy blanket tighter around you as the fresh snow falls outside.
Ah, the power of daydreams…..just taken a moment can totally lift you out of that winter funk and brighten your holiday spirit! So I highly suggest giving this Chai Latte Snickerdoodle Cookie Recipe a try…they make the perfect treat for a cookie exchange too!
Ingredients
Cookie Ingredients:
2 C sugar
2 tsp. Wildtree Chai Tea Mix
2 tsp ground cinnamon
1 tsp ground ginger
1/2 tsp ground allspice
1 C butter, room temp
2 eggs, room temp
1 1/2 tsp vanilla
2 3/4 C flour
2 tsp cream of tartar
1 tsp baking soda
1/8 tsp salt
Chocolate Ingredients:
1 bag of Ghirardelli white chocolate wafers
Icing Ingredients:
2 egg whites
1 C powder sugar
1/2 tsp cream of tartar
1 tsp vanilla
Green and red gel food coloring
Instructions
Cookie Directions:
-Preheat over to 350'
-Combine the sugar, chai tea mix, cinnamon, ginger, and all spice.
-Take out a half cup of the above sugar mixture and put it in a bowl set to the side for later
-Cream the butter and the rest of the sugar mixture until it is light and fluffy.
-Mix in the eggs and vanilla to the sugar mixture.
-Sift the flour, cream of tartar, baking soda and salt in a separate bowl .
Add this dry mixture gradually to creamed sugar mixture mixture and mix well.
-Scoop the dough using a small ice cream scoop then; put these balls onto the lined cookie sheet.
- Take each ball one at a time and roll each dough ball into the sugar mixture and place back on the lined cookie sheet
-Place the dough balls at least 2 in. apart on the cookie sheets.
-Bake at 350' degrees for 10-13 minutes or until edges begin to brown.
-Allow for the cookies to slightly cool while still on the cookie sheet.
-Move to a wire rack to cool completely.
Chocolate Directions:
-Using a double boiler melt the white chocolate, stirring constantly
Icing Directions:
-Separate the egg yolk from the whites. putting only the egg whites into a mixing bowl.
-Stir in the sugar, cream of tarter and vanilla to the egg whites.
-Beating on medium for 6 minutes.
-If the icing has the appearance of soup or is yellow in color add more powder sugar, 1 cup.
-Divide the icing equally into two bowls.
-In the 1st bowl add some of the green gel food coloring, stirring to blend in the color.
-In the 2nd bowl add some of the red gel food coloring, blend in all of the food coloring.
-Scoop all of the green and red icing in individual piping bags with #2 tips.
Adding the Chocolate and Holly & Berries:
-Dip half of each cookie into the melted white chocolate.
-Allow to dry by laying the cookies on a cookie sheet lined with wax paper.
-Using the green and red icing add the holly and berries to each cookie.
-Begin by using the green icing to make the holly, refer to the picture of the cookies for further examples.
-Allow the holly to dry for 30 seconds before making three small red dots with the red icing.
-Allow for this to dry completely.
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Snickerdoodles might turn out hard if they are overbaked or if the dough is too dry. Be sure to keep an eye on them as they bake – when the edges are set but the centers are still soft and puffy, they are done. Also, make sure you're not adding too much flour.
The first recorded recipe of a “snickerdoodle” isn't the cookie as we think of it but was the cake sprinkled with cinnamon and sugar and cut into bars. The recipe appeared in the 1889 Home-Maker. They is absolutely delicious and, indeed, quick and easy to make. It was a massive hit with the family.
A snickerdoodle is a type of cookie made with flour, fat, sugar, and salt, and rolled in cinnamon sugar. Eggs may also sometimes be used as an ingredient, with cream of tartar and baking soda added to leaven the dough.
The Joy of Cooking claims that “snickerdoodle” comes from “Schneckennudel,” a German word that literally means “snail noodles.” Schneckennudels don't have anything to do with snails or noodles, though—they're actually delicious-looking German cinnamon rolls.
If you enjoy your cookies soft and chewy, chances are likely the recipe contains a common ingredient that serves a very specific purpose. No, it's not granulated sugar, nor the butter. It's not the egg, all-purpose flour, or even the vanilla extract. The simple, yet oh-so-necessary component is cornstarch.
Pizzelles are the oldest known cookie and originated in the mid-section of Italy. They were made many years ago for the “Festival of the Snakes” also known as the “Feast Day of San Domenico”.
The first cookies are thought to be test cakes bakers used to test the oven temperature. They date back as early as 7th Century A.D. Persia which is now Iran. They were one of the first countries to grow and harvest sugar cane.
According to Byrn, a New York City cooking teacher and newspaper columnist shared her recipe for the cookies in a local newspaper. Cornelia “Nellie” Campbell Bedford's recipe—sugar cookie dough sprinkled with cinnamon and sugar—quickly went viral, so to speak.
“Snickerdoodles, also called snipdoodles or cinnamon sugar cookies, have been around since the late 1800s. They probably originated in New England and are either of German or Dutch descent. Unfortunately there is no clue as to how they got such a peculiar name.”
Sugar cookies are usually rolled and cut out with cookie cutters (but not always). Snickerdoodles have cream of tartar in the dough and are rolled into balls then rolled in a mixture of cinnamon and sugar before baking. They puff up and then flatten out to make circle shaped cookies. Both are delicious!
Your snickerdoodles may taste bitter if you are sensitive to the taste of cream of tartar. This snickerdoodle cookie recipe without cream of tartar is an excellent option if you fall into that category.
Oreo is the best-selling cookie in the world. It is now sold in over 100 countries. Oreo was first produced in 1912 by the National Biscuit Company, now known as Na-Bis-Co.
A few cookbooks explain that snickerdoodles are German in origin. They state that the cookie's name comes from the German word shneckennudel (which is a kind of cinnamon bun). Others trace its origin to New England's tradition of whimsical cookie names.
You can either replace cream of tartar with baking powder at a 1:1.5 ratio (1 teaspoon cream of tartar : 1 ½ teaspoons baking powder), or you can replace cream of tartar with the combination of baking soda and either lemon juice or vinegar (as with this recipe).
Another way to soften cookies is by placing the cookies in an airtight container with a damp paper towel. The paper towel will release moisture and help to soften the cookies without making them too soft or mushy. Another way is to place the cookies in a plastic bag with a slice of apple or a damp tea towel.
Putting a slice of fresh white bread in the container with the cookies will help the cookies stay soft: fresh bread is moist, and that slice will give up its moisture for the greater good: keeping the cookies from drying out. We recommend white bread so that no flavor is transferred to the cookies.
They go from soft to hard because they start to dry out, and it begins as soon as you pull them from the oven. (Yikes.) Whatever moisture is left in the cookies is always in a state of evaporation. At the same time, the sugars and starches are solidifying.
According to The Kitchn, this occurs when you over-mix the dough. Mixing the dough naturally causes gluten to develop in the flour, and while you do need a good amount of gluten to give your cookies structure, too much of it will result in hard cookies.
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