Chai-Spiced Tea Cookies with ginger icing Recipe

Ingredients

• 2 cups all-purpose flour
• 2 Darjeeling tea bags, tea removed and finely ground
• 1 ½ tsp. baking powder
• ½ tsp. each ground ginger and cinnamon, freshly grated nutmeg, and table salt
• ⅛ tsp. each ground cloves and cardamom
• 2 sticks unsalted butter (16 Tbsp.), softened
• ¾ cup granulated sugar
• 1 egg
• 1 tsp. vanilla bean paste or pure vanilla extract
• 2 cups powdered sugar, sifted
• 2 Tbsp. unsalted butter, softened
• 2 –3 Tbsp. whole milk
• 1 tsp. ground ginger
• Pinch of table salt
• Crystallized ginger, minced