These White Chocolate Maple Chai Cookies are soft, chewy cookies that are filled with warm spices, a hint of maple, and a sweet note of white chocolate!

Do you have any drinks that you only enjoy during certain parts of the year? While I like chai, I find myself only drinking it in the late fall and winter.

Because of that, I associate the warm spices of the chai with cold weather comfort. And since we’ve had our first freeze warning here in MN, it’s time to break of the cold weather comfort foods!

Just like last fall, I’ve found myself turning to maple when I started baking fall foods this year. So, when I wanted to make chai cookies, it was only right that I added maple in, too!

To add in a creamy, sweet component to the spicy cookies and hint of maple, I threw in a handful of white chocolate chips right before scooping them onto the cookie sheet.

The result of was just what I was looking for! A soft, chewy cookie that’s filled with warm spices, a hint of maple, and a sweet note of white chocolate.

While the two of us aren’t the biggest cookie fans, we both had a hard time not snitching a cookie every time we walked past the container on the counter!

Tips for Making White Chocolate Maple Chai Cookies

The chai flavor is mild. If you want a strong chai flavor, add an additional 1/8 teaspoon of all of the spices except the black pepper.
I like to sprinkle a few extra white chocolate chips on top of the cookies after they are done baking and put them back in the oven for an additional 30 seconds. Then pull them out and let the cookies cool on the cookie sheet.
Don’t like maple? Leave it out and just use vanilla extract.
This recipe makes a relatively small batch of 1 1/2 dozen cookies. If you need to make more, the recipe easily doubles.
Make them as soon as you can!

White Chocolate Maple Chai Cookies

Name: White Chocolate Maple Chai Cookies
Prep time: 10 min
Cook time: 10 min
Total time: 20 min
Yield: 18
Ingredients: 1/2 Cup butter, softened; 2/3 Cup sugar; 1/4 Cup brown sugar; 1 egg; 1 1/2 teaspoons maple extract; 1 teaspoon vanilla extract; 1 1/2 Cups all-purpose flour; 1 1/2 teaspoons cinnamon; 1/2 teaspoon nutmeg; 1/4 teaspoon ginger; 1/4 teaspoon cloves; 1/8 teaspoon cardamom; 1/8 teaspoon freshly ground black pepper; 1 teaspoon cornstarch; 1/2 teaspoon baking soda; 1/2 teaspoon salt; 1/2 Cups white chocolate chips

Yield: 18 cookies

Prep Time: 10 minutes

Bake Time: 10 minutes

Total Time: 20 minutes

These White Chocolate Maple Chai Cookies are soft, chewy cookies that are filled with warm spices, a hint of maple, and a sweet note of white chocolate!

Ingredients

1/2 Cup butter, softened
2/3 Cup sugar
1/4 Cup brown sugar
1 egg
1 1/2 teaspoons maple extract
1 teaspoon vanilla extract
1 1/2 Cups all-purpose flour
1 1/2 teaspoons cinnamon
1/2 teaspoon nutmeg
1/4 teaspoon ginger
1/4 teaspoon cloves
1/8 teaspoon cardamom
1/8 teaspoon freshly ground black pepper
1 teaspoon cornstarch
1/2 teaspoon baking soda
1/2 teaspoon salt
1/2 Cups white chocolate chips

Instructions

Preheat oven to 350 degrees Fahrenheit. Line a cookie sheet with parchment paper or a silicone baking mat.
In the bowl of a stand mixer, or with an electric hand mixer, cream together butter and sugars. Add in egg, maple extract, and vanilla extract and beat until creamy.
In a medium bowl, whisk together flour, cinnamon, nutmeg, ginger, cloves, cardamom, black pepper, cornstarch, baking soda, and salt. Slowly beat dry ingredients into wet ingredients. Beat until combined. Stir in white chocolate chips.
Drop by heaping tablespoon full (I used a medium cookie scoop) onto prepared cookie sheet. Bake for 10-12 minutes, or until cookies just start to turn light golden brown.
Remove cookies to a wire rack to cool. Store in an airtight container.

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Nutrition Information:

Yield: 18 Serving Size: 1 cookie
Amount Per Serving: Calories: 153Total Fat: 7gSaturated Fat: 4gTrans Fat: 0gUnsaturated Fat: 2gCholesterol: 25mgSodium: 144mgCarbohydrates: 21gFiber: 0gSugar: 13gProtein: 2g

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