Recipe by Tebo and Lebo Ndala
Ingredients - Cookies
1 cup butter, chopped into cubes
1 Tetley Masala Chai teabag (cut open teabag and remove leaves)
2 ¼ cup flour
2 tsp baking powder
½ tsp salt
1 tsp chai spice
2/3 cup brown sugar
1 tsp vanilla
1 large egg
2 Tbls maple syrup
Ingredients - Cinnamon Sugar
1 Tbls brown sugar
2 Tbls white sugar
1 tsp cinnamon
(Mix together until well combined.)
Method
- In a medium pan, add the chopped butter and loose Tetley tea leaves.
- Cook the butter until it turns amber in color. Remove from heat and pour into a bowl so it stops cooking.
- Cool for 20 minutes, and then place in the fridge for another 5-10 minutes.
- In a large bowl, mix the flour, baking powder, salt, and spices together.
- In another bowl, add the browned butter and sugar. Beat together for 1 minute.
- Add vanilla, egg, and maple syrup and mix again.
- Slowly pour all the dry ingredients into the wet ingredients and mix well.
- Cover and refrigerate while you preheat the oven to 180 °C.
- Line a baking sheet with baking paper. Roll the dough into balls and roll into the cinnamon sugar.
- Place onto a baking sheet and bake for 12 minutes. Cool before eating.
