Spicy + Bold + Sweet
I’ve always loved chai tea. It’s spicy and bold and sweet. I also really love cookies. For quite awhile I’ve been wanting to add the contents of a chai tea bag into a cookie recipe!
Crazy right? Crazy delicious…
This past weekend I decided that it was do or don’t time and this time it was time to do. Yes.
So anyway here is the fruit of my experimentation. These cookies have quite the novel flavor! The dough itself tastes great and the cookie itself is delicious.
(I wish there was another word for delicious. *sigh* Scrumptious? hmm.)
Chai is a flavor that reminds me of autumn. I know it’s a leetle premature to start busting out the fall fare, but it’ll help us get excited for fall to actually get here and well, these are really tasty.
So why wait? 
Vanilla Chai Tea Cookies
DRY:
2 cups All-Purpose GF flour blend OR Spelt flour
1 cup quick oats (I put rolled oats in the blender for a few seconds to chop ‘em up small.)
1/4 cup flaxseed meal
1/4 cup finely chopped almonds (I put mine in the food processor.)
2 Vanilla Chai tea bags- use scissors to cut them open, pour out the contents, and discard the leftover empty bags (I used Stash’s Decaf Vanilla Chai. It has no artificial flavorings or sweeteners in it.)
1 1/2 teaspoons cinnamon
3/4 teaspoon freshly grated nutmeg
3/4 teaspoon baking soda
3/4 teaspoon baking powder
1/4 teaspoon sea salt
WET:
2 eggs
3/4 cup xylitol
1/2 cup extra-virgin coconut oil
3 teaspoons pure vanilla extract
1 teaspoon organic unsulphered blackstrap molasses
3/4 teaspoon apple cider vinegar
Preheat oven to 350 degrees.
Combine all dry ingredients in a large bowl and whisk until well mixed. In a smaller bowl stir up the wet ingredients. Be sure to heat the coconut oil over low to melt it completely before adding it in. Pour wet mixture into the dry and stir until just combined. Drop from teaspoons onto a cookie sheet and bake for 10 minutes or until golden brown. Store in a plastic container or freeze for maximum freshness.
Yield: about 3 dozen cookies.
Yup we’re gonna have a giveaway!
Several thoughts have occurred to me this past week! (Yeah I know, finally right?) hehe 
Revelation 1:
Come August 12th, Renaissance Woman will be 1 year old!
Revelation 2:
I’m quite excited about this and want to celebrate!
Revelation 3 or rather, decision:
We will have a giveaway!
Over the past year I’ve had a delightful time making food and taking pictures and assembling paragraphs about healthy living, good food, and life in general. I’m looking forward to another year and want to thank the readers of Renaissance Woman!
The giveaway goods
To celebrate, we’ll be giving away a jar of Citrus Chiffon Skin Brightening Scrub by SkinTherapy!
It’s an all natural and organic product that is designed to “feed your skin“. It cleanses old skin cells away while nourishing and moisturizing new skin with healing and rejuvenating oils. To learn more about the Citrus Chiffon Skin Brightening Scrub, check out the product release post and the webpage.
SkinTherapy is an alternative skincare line I’ve been working on that contains 
only natural and organic ingredients. Our skin absorbs 60% of substances that come in contact with it. How important it is to watch what goes onto our bodies as well as what goes into them! For more information on SkinTherapy, check out the post and well as its webpage.
To enter, leave a comment here below OR head over to Renaissance Woman’s Facebook page where the contest is posted and please both “like” and “share” to be automatically entered.
Our contest will run till midnight on Saturday. On Sunday morning the winner will be announced! I will either send you a message via facebook or send you an email through your email address, depending on how you enter.
Share with us!
I’m wondering… what recipe and/or post have you enjoyed the most? What has inspired, encouraged, or simply made your mouth water over the last year? I would love to know! Leave a comment below telling us and you’ll be automatically entered!
Also seen on GraceLaced Mondays, On The Menu Monday, Melt In Your Mouth Monday, Homestead Barn Hop, Make Your Own Monday, Must Try Mondays, Made From Scratch Monday, Recipe Sharing Monday, Tasteful Tuesday, Tempt My Tummy Tuesday, Fat Tuesday, Crazy Sweet Tuesday, Totally Tasty Tuesdays, Slightly Indulgent Tuesday, Allergy-Free Wednesday, Gluten-Free Wednesdays, Whole Foods Wednesday, Healthy2Day Wednesdays, Real Food Wednesday, Thriving On Thursdays, Full Plate Thursday, Showcase Your Talent Thursday, Foodie Friday, Allergy Friendly Friday.
We have a winner! Congratulations to Hannah Lechmann! Thank you to all who participated!
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Renaissance Life has been invaluable to me in my journey to better, smarter eating. My favorite recipe of Gabriela’s has to be the Green Smoothie. As a newer, clueless vegetarian moving away to college, looking for fresh and exciting ways to consume fruits and veggies has been a challenge…until I realized I could drink them too! Her recipe is an easy framework for creating your own variation with whatever might be on hand. Thanks, Gabriela! I’ll never associate “healthy” with “boring” again!
Hi Hannah! Oh thank you so much! The Green Smoothie is my old stand by and I’m so glad to hear it’s serving you well too.
I know how challenging it can be to eat healthy when you’re away from home. It’s awesome to know that Renaissance Woman has been an encouragement to you as you are transitioning into this new lifestyle! I hope this fall semester is a beautiful one and that you grow in wisdom and knowledge as well as good health! 
I love your faithfulness to your lifestyle and keeping your food healthy. Good for you! Thanks, too, for sharing at Must Try Monday!
Thank you Carrie! I appreciate that. Always fun to link up at Must Try Mondays!
Hi Gabriela, thanks so much for linking up this week at Thriving on Thursdays. Your recipes sounds absolutely gorgeous. I’m not sure you’ll want to pay for postage all the way to Australia for your citrus scrub but it sounds divine.
Anne xx
Hey Anne! Thanks for stopping by! Oh dear I hadn’t thought of the postage outside of the U.S.! (This is my first giveaway can you tell?) hehe Well I appreciate your comment anyway.
Have a lovely week!
I am so going to try those coconut almond sugar cookies for my family
Hi Amber! Yup those coconut almond sugar cookies are really tasty – especially with a glass of almond milk!
Gabriela, how did I miss this scrumptious recipe??? Although you noted in your comment that you entered the link, it didn’t show up on the page. I went ahead and shared it in the linky, I hope that is okay. Sometimes, not everyone reads the comments and I didn’t want anyone to miss THIS recipe and giveaway ☺
I found you on facebook and liked. And as far as favorite recipes??? Well, this one sounds pretty dang good to me. I love Chai Tea! Congratulations on your upcoming anniversary! It’s a great feeling to get past that ‘first year’ mark. Looking forward to another great year of writing!
Hello Mary! Thank you for entering the post for me! Hmm I wonder if I *thought* I had already linked it up but never actually *did*. Oops! Obviously, I need to eat more berries (they’re good for brain function). hehe Ah I know, chai tea is my fave too – it was so fun to put a little chai flavor in these babies! Yup, it’s a really great feeling to be at a year – I’ve enjoyed it so much and I’m looking forward to the next year too! Thanks for stopping by.
Have a great weekend!
What an intriguing cookie. Do you not get any bitterness from putting the tea right in? I am not familiar with chia tea, but these look good.
Thanks for linking up to Healthy 2day Wednesaday. Hope to see you back next Wednesday.
Hello Debra! Yes these cookies are a bit different in that I threw the tea bag contents in the batter instead of brewing up a cup and using the brewed liquid. The kind of tea I used gave it no bitterness, just a pleasing spice flavor. I’ve loved chai tea since I can’t remember when! It’s really a fall/winter beverage but that doesn’t matter here.
If you like pumpkin pie and pumpkin bread I’m betting you’ll love chai as they basically use the same spices. Thanks for visiting!
Oh those look so tasty! *Delicious* even.
Hehe, I run out of words to describe good tasting food too but it’s okay, we all do. 
I wanted to thank you for submitting this to Recipe Sharing Monday last week. The new party is up this morning and I’d love it if you joined us again. Have a great week!
Hehe. You know it’s weird how it bothers me when I use the same words over and over…but delicious is delicious. So there.
And I’m relieved to know I’m among friends!
I’m looking forward to linking up again at Recipe Sharing Monday – probably next Monday when I have a new post out and there’s something to share.
Thanks for coming by Ali! You have a fabulous week as well!
Gabriela, it makes my heart glad to see so many beautiful new things on my favorite blog. I’ve been a bit of a hermit this summer but I finally discovered the Internet again and came straight to these cookies! You are a shining light for those who want to make healthier choices and still enjoy the gift of good food. I will be checking in more regularly from now on!
Janet! So happy to see you here again! It blesses me to know you enjoy the humble snacks I post. hehe Looking forward to catching up with you!
YUM! These look book and sassy!
Love a cookie with bold flavor! 
My name is Cindy and I blog over at Vegetarianmamma.com I wanted to invite you to link up your recipe at our Gluten Free Fridays Recipe Link up party! It happens every Friday and we’d love to have you join us with some of your awesome recipes! You can find this week’s link up here: http://vegetarianmamma.com/gluten-free-friday-recipe-link-up-1/
Thanks, Cindy
Hi Cindy! Thanks for the invitation – I’m looking forward to linking up! Until Friday then.
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