Taylor Swift’s Easy Cookies Are the Coziest Thing You’ll Make All Fall

From cardigans to autumn air—and now Kansas City Chiefs football—there’s just something about this season that we associate with Taylor Swift.

A few years ago, a recipe from Swift herself resurfaced, and the entire internet has been turning on their ovens and breaking out their stand mixers ever since. So, she’s given us another reason to love fall: these Chai Cookies with Eggnog Frosting.

How to Make Taylor Swift’s Chai Cookies

Swift first posted these cookies to Instagram way back in 2009, when Instagram looked like this:
According to a since-deleted Tumblr post, after fans begged for the recipe, Swift replied in a blog post that there are two ways to make these cookies.

“One simple way is to use a sugar cookie mix to make sugar cookies. Add a packet of chai to the batter while you’re making it. This is great for when you’re busy and looking for a quick option. to make cookies to be a chill part of your day. Pow. Done,” Swift writes.

To make them from scratch, which Swift adds she did for 1989 Secret Sessions, you start with a basic but “delicious” sugar cookie recipe like this one from Joy the Baker. She mentions that she also likes recipes from Smitten Kitchen (us too, Taylor!). These recipes for Chai Butter Cookies, Chai Snickerdoodle Cookies, and Chai Tea Cookies are also suitable bases for the cookies—add the eggnog icing (below).

Swift continues, “I put chai in the recipe because I thought it would add a warm holiday flavor.vibes into the cookie, and it really did.” To follow in Swift’s footsteps, make Joy’s recipe as is, but after adding the egg and vanilla to the batter, “cut one chai tea packet open and empty the crushed-up tea leaves into the batter. CAUSE CHAI COOKIES ARE ABOUT TO HAPPEN UP IN HERE.”

Once the dough is made, bake the cookies according to the recipe directions. Warning: at this point, your home will smell better than any Yankee Candle ever could with the beautiful autumnal chai spice in the air.

Then, the most crucial part, which separates these cookies from the rest, is the eggnog glaze. Taylor, you get us.

If you want to make icing, mix 1 cup powdered sugar with some nutmeg, cinnamon, and three tablespoons of milk or eggnog. The more milk/eggnog you use, the more it will be like a glaze. Glazes are yummy too, so have fun!

And that’s it. With only a couple of important items, you can have these cookies ready by halftime—though we’d recommend making them beforehand so you can fully enjoy the game.

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