Chai Spiced Cookies
These Paleo Chai Cookies are chewy and packed with a wonderful combination of rich chai spices. These cookies are Vegan, Paleo, Grain Free, Gluten Free and Specific Carbohydrate Diet Legal.
I am finally back in London which means it’s time for some serious Christmas baking. Each year I excitedly wait for the arrival of December 1st, when it officially becomes acceptable to break into full blown Christmas mode (and not October 15th like Marks and Spencer is trying to have you believe).
What is full blown Christmas mode you ask? Well there are lights, lots and lots of sparkly lights, both inside and out, that would make even Sparky proud (bonus points to anyone who got that Christmas movie reference). Only the cheesiest of Christmas songs are played on my iPod, and it’s mandatory that a classic Christmas movie be watched at least once a week. The fridge should be fully stocked with eggnog at all times, and every drink, both hot and cold, must be drunk out of a Santa mug. Then there is the baking, which I will admit can get a little out of control.
After spending 2 weeks on the beach in 30 degree heat, I’m embarrassed to admit that my Christmas spirit was seriously lacking this year, not quite Ebenezer Scrooge levels, but close. Upon landing back in Antarctica London and driving home past houses covered in lights, I slowly began to get into the Christmas groove. After setting up our tree, and with Michael Buble’s Christmas CD playing in the background I was ready to set to work on operation Christmas cookies.
These Spiced Chai Cookies are good, really good. They are chewy and have a delicious spiced chai flavour, that is created by combining all spice, cinnamon, ginger, cardamom, cloves and pepper. If you like chai tea or Starbucks tazo chai lattes, I think you will be a big fan of these cookies. I used Christmas cookie cutters, but will definitely be pulling out the simple square and circle cutters to make these year round because they are so delicious. These cookies are incredibly simple to make and can be ready in under 30 minutes, start to finish. If the dough becomes too soft when cutting out shapes, place it in the fridge for 15-20 minutes to slightly harden; it will make the cut out cookie dough a lot easier to handle. I hope you enjoy these delicious Paleo Chai Cookies, I think they will be a big hit with friends and family.
Here are a few other cookie recipes that you might enjoy…
- Tahini & Honey Cookies
- Hazelnut Butter Cookies
- Coconut & Raisin Cookies
- Dried Cherry & Macadamia Cookies
- Lemon & Raspberry Thumbprint Cookies
If you make this recipe let me know in the comment section below, I would love to hear what you think or take a photo and tag me (@everylastbite_) on Instagram, I love seeing your photos!
Paleo Chai Spiced Cookies
Ingredients
- 2 cups Almond Flour
- 1/4 cup Coconut Flour
- 1/2 tsp baking soda
- 2 tsp vanilla extract
- 1/3 cup honey or other sweetener
- 1/3 cup melted butter or coconut oil
- 2 tsp cinnamon
- 1 tsp ground ginger
- 1 tsp ground cardamom
- 1/2 tsp ground all spice
- 1/2 tsp ground cloves
- 1/2 tsp ground black pepper
Instructions
- Preheat oven to 175 degrees Celsius (350 degrees Fahrenheit)
- Place all of the ingredients in the bowl of an electric mixer and combine
- Once the dough is fully mixed, form into a ball and place on a large sheet of parchment paper
- Place another sheet of parchment paper on top of the dough and roll out with a rolling pin until the dough is approximately 1/4 inch thick
- Using a cookie cutter cut out shapes. If the dough feels too soft place it in the fridge for approximately 15-20 minutes
- Place the cookies on a parchment paper lined baking sheet and bake for 8-10 minutes or until the cookies turn a golden colour
- Remove from the oven and allow to slightly cool before moving. Store in an air tight container
I made these for a coworker, these were amazing! I only wonder how I could convert them to a regular recipe so they freeze better
Can I freeze these?
Making these for my winter solstice celebration on Dec 21.
What favor do you use for Royal icing
I can’t eat cane sugar and it’s been hard to find treats. I made these for Christmas and they filled the holiday cookie void. Only difficult part was working with the dough, it was very fragile. Definitely making these again.
So happy to hear that you enjoyed them! Yes unfortunately the dough can be slightly difficult to work with but I find refrigerating it makes it a lot easier.
Hello!
What could I use as a substitute for coconut flour? thank you! Can’t wait to make these!
Coconut flour is a tough flour to substitute because of the amount of moisture it absorbs. I would recommend sticking to using coconut flour if possible, but if that is not an option, then try increasing the amount of almond flour by 1/3 cup. Unfortunately I can’t guarantee how the texture will turn out as I haven’t experimented with this substitution. Let me know how it goes!
How can I substitute coconut flour, as I am having hard time finding it.
Coconut flour is a tough flour to substitute because it absorbs so much moisture. I would recommend increasing the amount of almond flour by 1/3 cup although unfortunately I cannot guarantee that the texture of the cookies will turn out well.
I made these cookies today with my kids, i appreciate for healthy recipe and that was a plus for us. If i would make this recipe again it would be just me and cookie cutter, making these with kids was a bit challenging, i had to work with a handful piece of dough at the time, rolling between the papers (just like recipe says to do) kids were taking turns using cookie cutters and we were trying carefully move them to a cookie sheet without braking, which was hit and miss challenge.
How would these taste if I used chai tea bags with grounded cinnamon? It’s a bit hard to get hold of these spices here so yeah. xx
Thats a very good question, I suspect the flavours might not be quite as strong if you used a tea bag so I would recommend tasting the batter and potentially adding any of the spices for the recipe that you do have in your cupboard (cloves/black pepper/all spice) to give it a bit more kick. Let me know how it goes!
So love chai spices! You are a genius.
Me too! Chai is one of my absolute favourite flavours! Hope you enjoy!
These sound amazing! I noticed none of your recipes have a mention of how many they make?
Thanks for pointing that out! This recipe should make approximately 20-24 cookies depending on the size of the cookie cutters you use.
So excited to make these! Did you buy ground cloves or could you use a mortar & pestle? 🙂
haha I finally found ground cloves! No more crunchy spiced cookies and breads 🙂