Celebrity Cookie Recipes- Taylor Swift

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RECIPE FOR TAYLOR SWIFT’S CHAI TEA COOKIES BELOW.

Who knew Miss Americana is also an avid baker! Today we had the chance to try Taylor Swift’s iconic Chai Tea Cookies. Taylor shared this recipe with fans 10 years ago this past November. As her fans know, Swift loves to cook and bake as it relieves stress from her busy life. Since 2020, the baking industry has been booming on social media. Home bakers on platforms like TikTok have been recreating celebrity recipes and this cookie is one that has risen to fame. We decided to see if Taylor’s cookie is all worth the hype?

One thing we love about a cookie is how easy they come together. This dough in particular was very simple and easy to work with as it has a softer consistency compared to others. This recipe calls for a stand mixer with a paddle attachment but today we used a hand mixer and it worked just as well. When adding flour to the wet ingredients, the hand mixer tends to be harder to use as the dough becomes thicker. This style of cookie didn’t make for a thicker dough. Meaning if you don’t have that stand mixer, you can still make these cookies great!

These Chai Tea cookies are packed with amazing spices to create that chai tea flavour but another very important ingredient is powdered sugar. As some may know, powdered sugar has a greater surface area to volume ratio which means it sticks to butter and dissolves in heat better, thus creating a soft, fluffy cookie. Cornstarch is commonly found in powdered sugar (and baking soda) which absorbs moisture creating a barrier that prevents the sugars from caramelizing too fast. This helps create a nice airy, fluffy cookie cookie versus a chewy, crunchy cookie.

This recipe gives you two options when scooping the cookies. For a larger cookie use 2 tbsp (tablespoons) of dough and for a smaller cookie use 1 tbsp. We wanted larger cookies and opted for the 2 tbsp scoop. After baking, it ended up spreading to about 3 inches in diametre, without completely flattening and staying very fluffy.

After allowing them to cool, the cookies are ready to glaze. The glaze should be thick enough to not run off the cookie but still spreadable. Taylor’s original recipe doesn’t specify how the end glazed cookie should look but has posted pictures in the past of her finished cookies. They do show that the glaze has dripped off the sides, which makes for a beautiful rustic cookie. Most of our cookies actually did have glaze dripped off to the sides as we decorated them on a plate rather than a true flat surface. In the future, we prefer to glaze on a flat surface as the drip made it a tad bit messy and got underneath some of the other cookies.

Overall, these cookies were a very nice fluffy cookie with the perfect amount of spice. The icing on top added to the cookie rather than making it too sweet. Altogether, this cookie is great for the holidays and definitely one you need to try!