Chai Balls

After making them for a year, my grandma gave me the recipe, and once I started making them, they quickly became the most popular cookie in my repertoire. Like chai-flavored Russian tea cakes.

Prep Time: 20 mins
Cook Time: 15 mins
Additional Time: 10 mins
Total Time: 45 mins
Servings: 24
Yield: 2 dozen

Ingredients

  1. 1 cup butter, softened
  2. ½ cup powdered sugar
  3. 2 cups all-purpose flour
  4. 2 egg yolks
  5. 1 ½ teaspoons ground cinnamon
  6. 1 ½ teaspoons ground allspice
  7. 1 teaspoon ground nutmeg
  8. 1 teaspoon ground cardamom
  9. ½ teaspoon ground ginger
  10. ½ teaspoon ground cloves
  11. ½ teaspoon salt
  12. 1 cup powdered sugar
  13. ½ teaspoon ground cinnamon
  14. ½ teaspoon ground cardamom

Instructions

  1. Preheat the oven to 350 degrees F (175 degrees C).
  2. Beat butter and powdered sugar together until well blended. Add flour, egg yolks, cinnamon, allspice, nutmeg, cardamom, ginger, cloves, and salt. Mix until smooth. Roll dough into 1-inch balls and place on baking sheets.
  3. Bake in the preheated oven until golden, 12 to 15 minutes. Cool on a wire rack for 5 minutes.
  4. Mix powdered sugar, cinnamon, and cardamom together in a shallow bowl. Roll cookies in the coating mixture while still warm. Allow to cool for 5 more minutes; roll again.

Nutrition Facts

Calories 143 kcal
Carbohydrate 16 g
Cholesterol 37 mg
Dietary Fiber 1 g
Protein 1 g
Saturated Fat 5 g
Sodium 104 mg
Sugars 8 g
Fat 8 g
Unsaturated Fat 0 g

 

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