PEAR CHAI THUMBPRINTS

Ingredients

  • 3/4 cup (divided) Oregon Chai The Original™ Chai Tea Latte Concentrate
  • 1 1/3 cup (divided) Brown sugar
  • 1 cup Cored, diced, unpared Bosc pears
  • 1/4 cup Finely chopped Oregon hazelnuts
  • 2 tbsp. Honey
  • 1 cupe Butter
  • 2 Eggs
  • 2 cups Flour
  • 2 tsp. Baking powder
  • 1/2 tsp. Salt
  • 2 cups Rolled oats

Directions

Pear filling: In a saucepan, combine pears, hazelnuts, 1/3 cup brown sugar, honey and ¼ cup Original Chai concentrate. Cook over medium heat, while preparing dough, until pear is soft and liquid is nearly gone. Cookie dough: Cream butter and 1-cup brown sugar. Beat in eggs. Sift together flour, baking powder and salt. Add to creamed mixture alternately with ½ cup Original Chai concentrate. Stir in oats. To assemble: drop one-teaspoon cookie dough on greased cookie sheet. Make a small depression in the center of the dough and add ½ teaspoon of the chai-pear filling. Top with ½ teaspoon of dough. Continue until cookie sheet is full. Bake 10-12 minutes at 375* Yield: 30-36 cookies

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