If you haven’t tried the Taylor Swift Chai Cookies yet, consider this a sign to make them because they are absolutely incredible. Delicate, buttery, chai-spiced sugar cookies meet a flavorful and rich icing that come together like a Love Story to make the perfect, cozy cookie for the Fall season.
Are you Ready for It? Warm up some tea, light a candle, and turn on some of Taylor Swift’s music while you make these show-stopping Chai Tea Cookies!
Reasons You’ll Love This
Taylor Swift’s Iconic Cookies – Taylor Swift does it once again! These cookies really are The 1 to beat. Truly, is there anything she can’t do?
Comfort Food – These chai tea cookies taste like a cool, fall evening, wrapped up in a Cardigan, watching a fall movie and sipping a cup of warm chai tea.
Must Try – As a Swiftie, and a baker, I will say it took me far too long to try the Taylor Swift cookie recipe, but now that I have, I’ve become a Lover.
Easy Ingredients – The base of these chai tea cookies are Nothing New. You’ll recognize the ingredients All too Well. In fact, you probably have most everything in your kitchen right now.
We’re long time Swifties in this house. My oldest daughter’s first ever concert was seeing Taylor on the Red Tour, and my younger daughter’s first ever concert was the Eras Tour. Talk about setting the bar high for future concerts! My older daughter and I are both writers and lovers of words, lyrics and poetry – of which Taylor is the queen.
We were a few of the very lucky 69,000 people who attended the opening night of the Eras Tour here in Arizona. Anyone who attempted to buy tickets for the tour knows it was almost impossible, and on the first round, we failed. We thought we’d be fine, we had the Capital One Presale, Tickemaster Verified Fan, the boost, and the TaylorSwiftTix Presale. Fail, fail, fail, fail.
Then in December we go notice that as Ticketmaster verified fans who did not purchase tickets we had a chance to purchase two tickets. No idea where the seats would be, or if they’d even be together, just yes or no. So we went for it. Then eventually we learned they were front row (the end on far stage right). My girls took those seats, while my husband and I picked up some obstructed view resale tickets so we could also be there. What an amazing night it was, seeing the incredible show as it debuted. It’s been a long time coming…
The Taylor Swift cookie recipe was shared back in 2014, and resurfaces every time Fall rolls around. With her new album coming out soon, and Autumn just around the corner, I wanted in on some of the fun. So yes, while I might Need to Calm Down with all the Taylor Swift puns, I hope you’ll Stay, Stay, Stay and make these fantastic chai tea cookies with ME!
Ingredient Info
This is a discussion about the ingredients. For the actual recipe with amounts, please see the recipe below.
- Butter – You’ll need unsalted butter at room temperature.
- Vegetable Oil – This or any neutral oil will work. You can sub for canola oil or avocado oil.
- Sugar – You’ll need white sugar, powdered sugar and cinnamon sugar. You can make cinnamon sugar by adding ground cinnamon to some white sugar.
- Flour – Use all-purpose flour for this recipe.
- Chai Tea – You can either use the contents of a chai tea bag, (cut open a bag of chai tea and add it to the dough) OR you can create your own chai tea spice mix using ground cinnamon, ginger, allspice, nutmeg, cardamom, cloves, and black pepper. Use one or the other, not both.
- Eggnog – You’ll need a little bit of eggnog for the icing. You can also use whole milk, half and half or cream with a pinch of nutmeg mixed in instead.
Step by Step Instructions
This is a short discussion of the instructions. For the actual recipe with full instructions, please see the recipe below.
- Beat softened butter with electric mixer. Add the vegetable oil and combine.
- Add white sugar, powdered sugar, egg, and vanilla extract. Beat until smooth.
- Pour in flour, baking soda, salt and the contents of the chai tea bag or chai tea spices. Fold together. Cover and store in fridge for an hour.
- Scoop cookie dough. Roll in the cinnamon sugar, then gently press the balls down a bit with the back of a glass. Bake for 8-10 minutes. Let cool then transfer to cooling rack.
- Create an icing with powdered sugar and eggnog.
- Once cooled, ice the cookies & enjoy!
Tips & Advice
My Mastermind Tips For Perfect Cookies
Dear Reader, if you’re wondering how to make the perfect Chai Tea Cookies, here are some expert tips:
- If you are using a bag of Chai Tea spices in your cookies, be sure to find the “finely cut” tea. If your chai happens to be bigger pieces of spices, you can throw it in a food processor to break it down.
- Depending on how you like the consistency of your icing, you can add more powdered sugar to make it thicker, or more eggnog/milk to make it thinner.
- When pressing the cookies flat, you can use a square of wax or parchment paper between the glass and cookie to prevent sticking.
Storage – Store the leftover cookies in an airtight container in the fridge for about 4-5 days. Fridge is best since the icing contains dairy. You can also leave the icing off and store them separately, then ice the cookies when you’re ready to eat.
Equipment
To make sure Taylor Swift’s Chai Cookie recipe Hits Different, you’ll need a few of the following items:
FAQs
In her original recipe, she doesn’t list the ingredients for the icing, but in an Instagram post, she revealed the cookies were topped with a cinnamon eggnog icing. That means she likely used powdered sugar and eggnog to make the frosting, then sprinkled some cinnamon on top.
Some might say chai tastes like vanilla, and some chai teas do have hints of vanilla. I think it tastes more cinnamon & ginger-like. If you like the flavors of Fall and Christmas baking, you’ll enjoy the flavors of these chai cookies.
Recipes You’ll Love
Is it Over Now already? If you were Guilty as Sin for scarfing down the entire batch of these chai cookies (yeah, same), worry not, I have a few more similar recipes just as iconic and tasty as Taylor’s. Check them out!
- Holiday Sugar Cookies
- Snowball Cookie Recipe
- Oatmeal Cranberry Cookies
- Spritz Cookies
- Pecan Sandies
- Linzer Cookies
- Twix Cookies
- Gingerbread Man Cookies
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Taylor Swift Chai Cookies Recipe
Equipment
- 9×13 Baking sheet
Ingredients
Cookie Ingredients
- 1/2 cup unsalted butter
- 1/2 cup vegetable oil
- 1/2 cup sugar
- 1/2 cup powdered sugar
- 1 large egg
- 2 teaspoons vanilla extract
- 2 cups flour
- 1/2 teaspoon baking soda
- 1/4 teaspoon salt
- 1 bag chai tea* (the contents in the tea bag, not the bag. )
- cinnamon sugar (for rolling)
Icing Ingredients
- 1 1/2 cups powdered sugar
- 3 tablespoons eggnog (or milk/cream)
Instructions
- In a large mixing bowl, add softened butter. Beat with an electric hand or stand mixer until smooth. Add the vegetable oil and combine.
- Pour in the granulated sugar, powdered sugar, egg, and vanilla extract. Beat together until smooth.
- Add the flour, baking soda and salt as well as the contents of the chai tea bag or the chai tea spices. Fold everything together until combined. Cover the bowl with plastic wrap and store in the fridge for about an hour.
- Once chilled, Preheat oven to 350°F. Grease a baking sheet or line it with parchment paper. Set aside. Scoop out even, tablespoon-sized drops of cookie dough. Roll into balls, cover each one in cinnamon sugar, then very gently press the cookies down slightly with the bottom of a glass or flat surface.
- Bake for 8-10 minutes in the oven, or until the sides turn slightly golden. Remove the cookies from the oven and let them cool on the sheet for 5 minutes, then transfer them to a cooling rack to cool completely.
- While cooling, create an icing made with 1 1/2 cups of powdered sugar and 3 teaspoons of eggnog. Mix together until smooth.
- Once cooled completely, spread a spoonful of icing onto the top of the cookies. Let that harden, then enjoy!
Notes
- 1 tsp ground ginger
- 1 1/2 tsp ground cinnamon
- 1/2 tsp allspice
- 1/4 tsp ground nutmeg
- 1/4 tsp ground cardamom
- 1/8 sp ground cloves
- pinch of fresh ground pepper
Nutrition
The nutrition facts provided are calculated using a third-party tool and are estimates only. Actual nutritional content may vary based on the ingredients and brands you use, as well as portion sizes. For accurate results, please consult a registered dietitian or nutritionist.
Meet Christi, Love From The Oven
I’m Christi I love sharing easy & delicious recipes that your family & friends will love. I’m a mom, baker, cookbook author and lover of sprinkles.
