Chai Spice Iced Biscuits

I rarely make conventional biscuits/cookies that call for butter, sugar, flour and eggs. I like to experiment with substitutions and alternative ingredients. Sometimes it's trial and error! However, after receiving a cookie cutter from my chef friend, I had to bake some traditional cookies. The cookie cutter comes from Ann Clark, Ltd.

Who knew baking cookies was a science, as much as an art form! So many decisions over the amount of flour to use, white or brown sugars, melted or softened butter, baking soda and/or powder. Then there's so many arguments over the amount of time the cookie dough should be chilled in the refrigerator. I chilled the dough in the fridge for 30 minutes but I'm unsure if this made any significant difference. One reason given on the internet as to why cookie dough should be refrigerated is that it gives the gluten time to relax.

I couldn't bring myself to totally follow a traditional recipe so I did try to limit the amount of sugar and butter and reduced the quantities very slightly. I was still able to roll out the dough, cut perfectly uniform cookies and bake over two dozen biscuits, just like a regular recipe. When reviewing various cookie recipes on the internet, I found this useful resource: Cookies - Problems and Solutions

Regular icing sugar can be used to decorate the biscuits but I brewed a chai tea bag and mixed with the icing sugar to give a little extra spice to each biscuit.

Chai Spice Iced Biscuits

Makes 28

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Ingredients: 

- 112g / 4oz butter, unsalted

- 195g / 7oz light brown sugar

- 1 egg

- 300g / 11oz flour

- 1/2tsp salt

- 1/2tsp baking powder

- 1.5tsp mixed spice

- 1 chai tea bag 

- 100g / 3.5oz confectioners sugar / icing sugar

Method:

In a mixing bowl, cream together the butter and the sugar using a hand held mixer. Beat in the egg.

Mix together the flour, salt, baking powder and mixed spice.
Add the dry ingredients to the wet to make a dough.

Wrap and chill the dough in the fridge for 30 minutes.

Roll out and cut into biscuits using a cookie cutter.

Bake in the oven for 13 minutes at 175C / 350F.

Whilst the biscuits are cooling on a wire rack, brew the chai tea in 60ml / 1/4 cup boiling water. 

Mix the chai tea with the icing sugar and decorate each biscuit. ENJOY!

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