Chai-Spiced Almond Cookies

Adapted from a recipe in ‘The Vegan Table’ by Colleen Patrick Goudreau, these cookies taste like a cup of chai tea, but make your kitchen smell even better.

makes 2 dozen

Ingredients

  • 1/2 cup of non-dairy butter, soft
  • 1 1/4 cups confectioners sugar, divided ( I didnt have confectioners at the time so I used regular cane sugar + 1-2 tbsp cornstarch and it worked great)
  • 2 tsp vanilla
  • 1 tsp almond extract
  • 1 tsp all-spice (or pumpkin pie spice)
  • 1/2 tsp cloves
  • 1/2 tsp cinnamon
  • 1/4 tsp salt
  • 1 cup whole wheat (pastry is best) flour
  • 1 cup of chopped, toasted almonds
  • rock salt (for coating)

Instructions

Pre-heat oven to 350 degrees.  With hand mixer, beat together butter, 1 cup of sugar, vanilla, almond extract and spices.  Add flour and mix until blended.  Add 1/2 of the chopped almond to dough.  Roll into small balls, about the size of a tbsp and coat them in sugar +salt mixture.  Then, coat in remaining chopped almonds.  Bake for about 10-15 minutes.

mangia!