Chewy Chai Spice Sugar Cookies

I don’t know what to write about these other than chai spice in a sugar cookie seems like a no brainer. These are straight up awesome. And, like the Chocolate Crinkle Cookies from the other week, these popped up on the ol’ Instagram feed as part of America’s Test Kitchen’s 25 Days of Cookies. However, by the time I got around to makin’ em, ATK had already put the recipe behind a paywall. Fortunately, the Internet being the Internet and all, Slate had published the recipe a few years back.

If you can buy drugs online and have them delivered to your house, it’s not that hard to find a cookie recipe. I mean, really.

INGREDIENTS

2 and 1/4 cups all-purpose flour

1/2 teaspoon baking soda

1 teaspoon baking powder

1/2 teaspoon table salt

1 and 1/2 cups sugar, plus 1/3 cup for rolling

1/4 teaspoon ground cinnamon

1/4 teaspoon ground ginger

1/4 teaspoon ground cardamom

1/4 teaspoon ground cloves

pinch ground black pepper

2 ounces cream cheese, cut into 8 pieces

6 tablespoons (3/4 stick) unsalted butter, melted and still warm

1/3 cup vegetable oil

1 large egg

1 tablespoon heavy cream

2 teaspoons vanilla extract

DIRECTIONS (makes 20 – 24 cookies)

Preheat oven to 350 degrees and line a baking sheet with parchment paper.

In large mixing bowl, whisk together flour, baking soda, baking powder, and salt. Set aside.