Pumpkin Chai Bread Recipes

CHAI-SPICED PUMPKIN LOAF

Steps:

• For the loaf: Preheat the oven to 350 degrees F. Grease a 9-by-5-inch loaf pan with nonstick cooking spray. Line with a piece of parchment paper, allowing the sides to hang over the edges of the pan.
• Whisk together the flour, baking powder, cinnamon, baking soda, cardamom, ginger, salt, cloves and nutmeg in a medium bowl until well combined.
• Whisk together the pumpkin, butter, brown sugar, granulated sugar, eggs and vanilla in a large bowl until well combined. Add the dry ingredients to the bowl and stir until completely incorporated.
• Pour into the prepared loaf pan and bake until a toothpick inserted in the center comes out mostly clean with a few moist crumbs sticking to it and the cake springs back when gently pressed, 50 minutes to 1 hour. Let cool for 30 minutes before unmolding and cooling completely on a wire rack.
• For the glaze: In the meantime, whisk together the confectioners' sugar, chai tea, cream and cinnamon in a small bowl. Drizzle over the top of the cooled loaf and let the glaze set before slicing and serving.

CHAI-GLAZED PUMPKIN MONKEY BREAD

Steps:

• Heat oven to 350°F. Spray 12-cup fluted tube cake pan with cooking spray.
• In large bowl, mix Bisquick™ mix, pumpkin, 1/4 cup of the granulated sugar, 3 tablespoons melted butter, egg and vanilla to form soft dough.
• In wide shallow bowl, use whisk to mix remaining 1/4 cup granulated sugar and the cinnamon.
• Scoop dough into balls, about 2 tablespoons each, and roll into cinnamon-sugar.
• Meanwhile, in 2-quart saucepan, heat 3/4 cup butter, the brown sugar, whipping cream, vanilla and salt to boiling, stirring to dissolve sugar; boil 1 minute. Remove from heat; pour into pan. Carefully place coated dough balls in pan, taking care not to burn hands on hot butter and sugar mixture.
• Bake about 30 minutes or until toothpick inserted in center of bread comes out clean. Cool on cooling rack 10 minutes before carefully turning out onto plate.
• Meanwhile, make chai glaze. In microwavable glass, microwave milk about 30 seconds or until just hot to the touch. Add chai tea bags; steep 15 minutes. Squeeze bags to release any liquid they've absorbed.
• Place powdered sugar in small bowl. Using whisk, beat chai mixture a few tablespoons at a time into powdered sugar to desired consistency. You may have more chai mixture than you need. Drizzle over monkey bread that has been turned out onto plate.

PUMPKIN CHAI BREAD RECIPE

Steps:

• Prep your oven and pan. Position a rack in the center of the oven and preheat the oven to 350°F. Spray a 9 x 5-inch loaf pan with cooking spray and line it with parchment paper, leaving a 2-inch overhang on the long sides. Spray the parchment, too.
• Whisk the dry ingredients. In a medium bowl, whisk together the flour, cardamom, cinnamon, ginger, cloves, nutmeg, baking powder, baking soda, and salt.
• Whisk the wet ingredients. In another medium bowl, whisk together the pumpkin, oil, vanilla, sugar, and eggs.
• Make the muffin batter. Gradually mix in the dry ingredients into the wet ingredients until just combined.
• Assemble the loaf cake. Pour the batter into the prepared pan and use an offset spatula to smooth the top. Sprinkle with the remaining sugar for the garnish.
• Bake the loaf cake. Set the loaf pan on a sheet pan and bake for 60 to 70 minutes, or until a skewer inserted into the center of the cake comes out with a few crumbs attached. There will still be patches of sugar on top, but that's totally okay, I promise! In fact, that's the look you want. Cool on a wire rack.
• Serve and store. Serve warm or at room temperature. The cake can be stored at room temperature, wrapped tightly in plastic wrap, for up to 3 days.

CHAI PUMPKIN SPICE BREAD

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 350.
• Grease and flour pans, or use muffin liners if making muffins.
• Combine the sugar and oil.
• Add the pumpkin and eggs.
• Combine the dry ingredients together.
• Alternate adding the dry ingredients and the chai tea into the pumpkin mixture.
• Pour batter into 2 9x5 loaves, 2 8x8 pans, or muffin tins.
• Bake at 350 until a toothpick comes out clean. About 10 minutes for muffins, 25-30 for an 8x8 pan, or 40-45 for a loaf.

SAVORY PUMPKIN BREAD

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 350°. In a small saucepan, melt butter over medium heat. Cook until butter is golden brown, 5-7 minutes, stirring constantly. Remove from heat; stir in pistachios, turmeric, cumin and cayenne. Let cool. , For batter, in a large bowl, beat butter and sugar until crumbly. Add eggs, 1 at a time, beating well after each addition. Beat in pumpkin and water. In another bowl, whisk flour and pie spice; add to butter mixture just until moistened. Fold in pistachio mixture., Transfer to 2 greased 9x5-in. loaf pans. Bake until a toothpick inserted in center comes out clean, 65-70 minutes. Cool in pans 10 minutes before removing to wire rack to cool completely., Freeze option: Securely wrap cooled loaves in foil, then freeze. To use, thaw at room temperature.

PUMPKIN CHAI BREAD

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 350ºF/177ºC. Generously grease a large loaf pan with butter and dust with flour; set aside.
• In a mixing bowl, add flour, baking soda, chai masala powder, pumpkin pie spice and baking powder. Whisk to blend the ingredients and set aside.
• In the bowl of a stand mixer, add melted butter, granulated sugar and brown sugar. With the paddle attachment on, process on medium speed until just combined. Add an egg at a time and mix well between each addition.
• Add pumpkin purée and process until well blended. Add the dry ingredients, reduce the speed to low, and mix until just combined, stopping to clean the sides of the bowl.
• Pour the batter into the prepared loaf pan and level it out. Tap the pan to dislodge any trapped air, transfer to the preheated oven and bake for 1:10 hours or until a cake tester inserted in the center comes out clean with just a few crumbs.
• Remove from the heat and allow it to cool for 10 minutes in the pan before unmolding and transferring to a wire rack to cool completely.
• Meanwhile make the icing. In a medium bowl, add cream cheese and half of the icing sugar. Using a spatula, combine the two ingredients together before adding more sugar to it, blend it again with the cheese and then add the remainder of it. Add pure vanilla extract and continue mixing the ingredients until nice and smooth.
• Transfer it to the fridge to firm up while the bread is getting to room temperature.
• Later on, evenly spread on the icing over the loaf and top with pumpkin seeds.

PUMPKIN CHAI LATTE

Steps:

• In a small saucepan, bring water to a boil; remove from heat. Add tea bag; steep, covered, 5-10 minutes according to taste. Discard tea bag. Transfer tea to a blender; add remaining ingredients. Cover and pulse to combine.