Chai Tea Eggnog Cookies with Eggnog Buttercream Frosting

overhead shot of nine eggnog cookies on white plate with greenery, flowers, and whole spices

Chai Tea Eggnog Cookies with Eggnog Buttercream Frosting

The ultimate Christmas cookie! Everyone's favorite tea, mixed with the holiday classic...baked into a delicious cookie. Every bite of these Chai Tea Eggnog Cookies is sweet, buttery, perfectly spiced, and loaded with eggnog flavor. They are SO good!

Course: Desserts

Cuisine: American

Prep Time: 30

Cook Time: 8

Total Time: 38

Servings:

Calories: 209kcal

Ingredients

Cookies

1 teabag chai tea
2 cups all purpose flour
¾ teaspoon baking soda
10 Tablespoons salted butter, room temperature
½ cup granulated sugar
1 large egg, room temperature
2 Tablespoons eggnog
1 teaspoon bourbon

Frosting

¾ cup salted butter
2 cups powdered sugar, sifted
3 Tablespoons eggnog

Instructions

Cookies

Heat oven to 350 degrees F.
Line sheet pan with parchment paper. Set aside.
Grind chai.
In a small bowl, whisk together flour, baking soda, and ground chai. Set aside.
With an electric mixer, beat butter and sugar until creamy.
Beat in egg, eggnog, and bourbon.
Add flour mixture.
Mix only to combine.
Use a cookie scoop or spoon to drop cookie dough onto prepared pans.
Flatten slightly.
Bake for 8 minutes, until just starting to brown around edges.

Frosting

Beat butter.
Add powdered sugar and beat until light and fluffy.
Beat in eggnog.
Spread frosting on cooled cookies.

Notes

If your tea bag has a whole cardamom pod, crack open the pod and discard the shell.
Do not leave chunks of spice! This needs to be a fine powder.
Do not beat the butter and sugar for the cookies. Just until creamed.
1 tea bag = 1 1/2 teaspoons ground chai.
If you don't want to use bourbon in the cookies, you can use vanilla extract.

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