Four magic words: Chai Spice Sugar Cookies

This experiment comes from My Baking Addiction.

2 3/4 cups flour
1 tsp baking soda
1/2 tsp baking powder
1 3/4 cup white sugar
2 1/2 tsp ground cinnamon
1 tsp ground ginger
1 tsp ground cardamom
1/2 tsp allspice
1/4 tsp finely ground black pepper
1 cup unsalted butter, softened
1 egg
1/2 tsp vanilla extract

Preheat oven to 350F

In a large bowl, sift together flour, baking soda, and baking powder and set aside.

In a medium bowl, combine sugar, cinnamon, ginger, cardamom, allspice, and black pepper. Remove 1/2 cup (I came up short using 1/4 cup) of the sugar-spice mix and set this portion aside for rolling cookies.

In a bowl of a stand mixer with a paddle attachment (or hand mixer), beat the butter and sugar-spice mixture until light and fluffy – about 3 minutes.

Beat in the egg and vanilla extract. Combine until fully incorporated. Slowly blend in the rest of the dry ingredients mixing until just combined. Roll dough into small balls (roughly 2 tsp) and then into the 1/2 cup sugar-spice mix. Place dough balls on baking sheets about 1 1/2″ apart. Bake for 8-10 mins (I ended up doing 10-12) until cookies start to flatten out. Let the cookies stand on the baking sheets for 2 mins before moving them to a cooling rack.