Vanilla Chai Latte Bread
Ingredients
Bread
- 1 cup milk
- 4 vanilla chai tea bags
- 1/2 cup butter softened
- 3/4 cup sugar
- 2 large eggs
- 2 tsp vanilla extract
- 2 cup unbleached all purpose flour
- 2 tsp baking powder
- 1/2 tsp sea salt
- 3/4 tsp ground cardamom
- 1/4 tsp cinnamon
- 1/8 tsp ground cloves
Glaze
- 1 cup powdered sugar
- 1/4 tsp vanilla
- 3-5 Tbsp milk
Instructions
- Preheat oven to 350 F.
- Butter or grease an 8"x4" loaf pan (or 3 mini loaf pans)
- In a small saucepan, heat the milk over medium heat just until warm. Don't let it boil.
- Remove from heat and add 1 Vanilla Chai teabag. Cover and let it steep for 10 minutes.
- In a small mixing bowl, mix flour, baking powder, salt, cardamom, cinnamon, cloves and the contents of the other 3 teabags. Set aside.
- In the bowl of your stand mixer, cream the butter and sugar until light and fluffy.
- Beat in eggs, one at a time.
- Add vanilla extract and steeped milk and beat well.
- **At this point, it you would like, you can add in 1/3 cup of sourdough discard**
- Now add the dry ingredients to the butter mixture one third at a time. Beat well after each addition.
- Pour the batter into your prepared loaf pan. Smooth the top.
- Bake in a preheated oven for 50 to 65 minutes.(or 25-30 minutes for mini loaf pans)
- A toothpick or cake tester inserted in the center should come out clean.
- Remove from the pan and all to cool on a wire rack for at least 20 minutes before slicing.
- Mix glaze ingredients together and pour over top off cooled loaf