Gluten-free

Gluten Free Chai Cookies

Gluten Free Chai Cookies

Made with vanilla bean paste, chai bag and king arthurs. 30 min, makes 20, 15 ingredients.

Recipe by lovelydelites.com

Prep
15 min
Cook
12 min
Total
30 min
Makes
20

Ingredients

  • 1 cup coconut sugar
  • 1/2 cup unsalted butter (or dairy free butter)
  • 1/4 cup melted coconut oil
  • 1 egg
  • 2 tsp vanilla bean paste (or vanilla extract)
  • 1 chai bag
  • 1 3/4 cup gluten free flour such as Bob's Red Mill or King Arthurs
  • 1/2 cup almond flour
  • 1/2 tsp baking powder
  • 1/2 tsp salt
  • 1 tbsp tapioca flour (may sub arrowroot powder or cornstarch)
  • 1.5 cups powdered sugar
  • 2-3 tbsp heavy cream or plant cream
  • 1/4 tsp nutmeg
  • 1 tsp vanilla bean paste

Instructions

Method by lovelydelites.com. Cook it from their page if you can, so the people who developed and tested it get the visit.

  1. Preheat oven to 350F and prepare a baking sheet by lining it with parchment paper.
  2. In an electric mixer, beat the coconut sugar, melted coconut oil and butter until smooth and creamy.
  3. Then, add in the egg, vanilla bean paste and the chai mixture. Just cut open the chai bag and add in the contents to the mixture.
  4. Next, add in the gluten free flour, almond flour, baking powder, salt and tapioca flour. Mix until all the ingredients are well incorporated.
  5. Use a single cookie scoop and add dough to a baking sheet that is lined with parchment paper.
  6. Use your fingers to flatten out the cookies, these will only spread slightly during bake time.
  7. After cookies are baked and cooled, mix together all the ingredients for the frosting and spread evenly.
  8. Top with a star anise or cinnamon and enjoy!