Reviewed: Jun. 11, 2011

I have a slightly different version of this recipe. I used 2/3 cup shortening with 1/4 cup butter, light brown sugar to compliment the Chai drink powder, sweetened it with 1/2 tsp cinnamon and added 1 cup Guittard White Chips. They come out chewy and crispy at the same time. Hard to do. The flavor is to die for.

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IrishMom Luvs2Bake

Living In: Boring, Oregon, USA

Reviewed: Mar. 20, 2011

Couldn't really taste the chai and they came out kind of salty. In later batches, I placed a few chocolate chips on each cookie to distract from the saltiness...

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Catherine H

Reviewed: Dec. 20, 2010

Dough tasted great but the finished cookies were a shapeless and tasteless mess :(

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Elsinor

Reviewed: Dec. 17, 2010

I followed the directions exactly like the recipe stated and it didn't turn out well at all. You couldn't smell or taste the chai at all, and the batter looked just like flour and water with butter. I hope to find a better recipe because chai tea is my husband's favorite. I wish there was a better way of checking the recipes before they're posted.

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MichelleElaine

Cooking Level: Beginning

Living In: Seattle, Washington, USA

Reviewed: Oct. 21, 2010

I think that they tasted pretty good, but I do agree with others that they are a little dry. I think they could use more liquid.

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AmandaNelson

Cooking Level: Expert

Home Town: Augusta, Maine, USA

Living In: Willmar, Minnesota, USA

Reviewed: Feb. 18, 2010

I think this recipe needs some work. The batter is dry, not to dry to roll into balls though. I baked the first batch at 400 and they came out hard so I lowered the temp to 350 and that seemed to work out better. I think that this recipe needs some more liquid or less flour. One thing I did was melt some white chocolate and drizzled it over the top, not only did they look nice it tasted pretty good to. I probably wouldn't make these again, not that they are bad, but they just didn't 'WOW' me.

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THIN4LIFE

Cooking Level: Intermediate

Home Town: Plymouth, Wisconsin, USA

Living In: Madison, Wisconsin, USA

Reviewed: Oct. 24, 2009

My sister made these and they were awesome! The chai flavor wasn't very prominent but they were still excellent. They are big and chewy...just how I like this type of cookie. I wouldn't describe them as a "butter" cookie though.

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sarah

Cooking Level: Intermediate

Home Town: Chaska, Minnesota, USA

Living In: Prior Lake, Minnesota, USA

Reviewed: Oct. 19, 2009

Tasty, but skip the salt!

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Jenny

Cooking Level: Intermediate

Home Town: Minneapolis, Minnesota, USA

Reviewed: Jul. 19, 2009

These are tasty!! I used my smallest cookie scoop and I am now swimming in chai cookies but thats not a bad thing! I thought these might be too sweet with the sugar in the chai mix but they turned out perfect. This one is a keeper!!

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ladybuggs5224

Cooking Level: Expert

Living In: Pueblo, Colorado, USA

Reviewed: Jun. 22, 2009

How cool is this? An allrecipes recipe within an allrecipes recipe! I've been a fan of the chai tea mix recipe for a while now, so I was excited to try these cookies. They are pretty good. They are a hard cookie, but they have great flavor. My dad said they tasted like pumpkin pie in a cookie! I think they are a lot like gingersnaps. I highly recommend making the chai tea mix - it's a lot more economical than buying the packets. I used an 1/8 cup measure to get walnut size and ended up with 35 cookies.

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