Chai Tea Mini Biscuits Recipes

Steps:

• Cook milk in a small non-aluminum saucepan over medium-low heat, stirring once, 2 to 3 minutes or just until bubbles appear (do not boil); remove from heat.
• Add tea bags; cover and steep 5 minutes. Remove and discard tea bags from milk, squeezing gently.
• Stir together sugar, cinnamon, and flour in a large bowl. Cut in butter with a pastry blender or a fork until crumbly. Add 3/4 cup milk mixture, stirring just until dry ingredients are moistened. Reserve remaining milk mixture for later use.
• Turn dough out onto a lightly floured surface; knead lightly 4 to 5 times with floured hands. Pat dough to 3/4-inch thickness; cut biscuits out with a 1 1/2-inch round cutter. Place on a lightly greased baking sheet.
• Bake at 400 degrees F for 6 to 7 minutes or until golden. Remove from oven and let stand 5 minutes.
• Whisk together reserved 1 tablespoon milk mixture and powdered sugar until smooth. Drizzle over warm biscuits and serve.
• TO MAKE AHEAD:.
• Prepare biscuits, and freeze, without glaze, in a zip-top plastic freezer bag up to 2 weeks.
• To reheat, thaw biscuits on a lightly greased baking sheet 30 minutes. Bake at 350 degrees F for 4 to 5 minutes or until thoroughly heated.
• Whisk together 1 tablespoon milk and 1/2 cup powdered sugar until smooth. Drizzle glaze evenly over biscuits, and serve immediately.

Steps:

• Preheat the oven to 325 degrees F (165 degrees C).
• Grind tea into a fine powder using a spice grinder. Mix in cardamom, cinnamon, ginger, nutmeg, cloves, salt, and pepper.
• Beat butter, sugar, and vanilla extract in a bowl using an electric mixer until creamy. Add the spiced tea mixture and mix thoroughly. Fold in flour, 1/2 cup at a time, until a stiff dough forms.
• Transfer dough to a lightly floured surface and roll out to 1/4-inch thickness. Cut into 2-inch pieces with a cookie cutter or knife. Arrange cookies on baking sheets.
• Bake in the preheated oven until edges begin to brown slightly, about 20 minutes.

Steps:

• Heat the milk in a saucepan over a very low heat. Empty the contents of the tea bags into the pan, then add the cracked cardamom pods, cinnamon stick, nutmeg and cloves.
• Sweeten with light brown soft sugar to taste (chai tea should be sweet, but use less if you like), then leave to infuse, but not boil, for 10 mins. Strain into mugs and enjoy.

Steps:

• Place cloves and peppercorns in a large bowl; with the end of a wooden spoon handle, crush spices until aromas are released., Add the tea bags, sugar, ginger, cinnamon stick and boiling water. Cover and steep for 6 minutes. Meanwhile, in a small saucepan, heat the milk., Strain tea, discarding spices and tea bags. Stir in hot milk. Pour into mugs.