Chai Spiced Chocolate Chip Cookies (Printable)

Soft chewy spiced cookies with melty chocolate chips, ready in 32 minutes.

# What you'll need:

→ Dry Ingredients

01 - 2 ¼ cups all-purpose flour
02 - 1 teaspoon baking soda
03 - ½ teaspoon salt
04 - 1 teaspoon ground cinnamon
05 - ½ teaspoon ground ginger
06 - ½ teaspoon ground cardamom
07 - ¼ teaspoon ground cloves
08 - ¼ teaspoon ground nutmeg
09 - ⅛ teaspoon ground black pepper

→ Wet Ingredients

10 - 1 cup unsalted butter, softened
11 - ¾ cup packed brown sugar
12 - ½ cup granulated sugar
13 - 2 large eggs
14 - 2 teaspoons pure vanilla extract

→ Add-ins

15 - 1 ½ cups semi-sweet chocolate chips

# Directions:

01 - Preheat oven to 350°F and line two baking sheets with parchment paper.
02 - Whisk together flour, baking soda, salt, cinnamon, ginger, cardamom, cloves, nutmeg, and black pepper in a medium bowl.
03 - Beat softened butter, brown sugar, and granulated sugar in a large bowl until light and creamy, approximately 2 minutes.
04 - Beat in eggs one at a time, ensuring each is fully incorporated before adding the next. Mix in vanilla extract.
05 - Gradually stir dry ingredients into wet mixture until just combined, being careful not to overmix.
06 - Gently fold chocolate chips into dough until evenly distributed throughout.
07 - Scoop tablespoon-sized dough balls onto prepared baking sheets, spacing approximately 2 inches apart.
08 - Bake for 10 to 12 minutes until edges are golden brown and centers appear set.
09 - Allow cookies to rest on baking sheet for 5 minutes before transferring to wire rack to finish cooling.

# Expert Suggestions:

01 -
  • These cookies taste like a warm hug in edible form, with that perfect balance between sweet chocolate and cozy chai spices that hits different on rainy days.
  • The dough comes together in under twenty minutes, which means you can be eating warm cookies faster than it takes to decide what to watch on Netflix.
02 -
  • Overbaking is the enemy of soft cookies, so trust me when I tell you to pull them out when they still look slightly underdone in the center.
  • Room temperature butter is nonnegotiable here because cold butter creates weird cookies that do not spread properly.
03 -
  • Chill the dough for thirty minutes if you want thicker cookies with more pronounced flavor.
  • Use a cookie scoop for uniform sizing so everything bakes evenly.

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