I wondered what would happen if I added my favorite Chai latte flavors to my favorite bread? How does White Chocolate Chai Date Nut Bread sound? Today, D is for Dates—and this is my new favorite quick bread recipe!
Today,
I used brewed Chai Latte from my coffee maker—but, making your own Chai Latte
is really easy too. This recipe has just
a hint of spices that adds something special to the bread without turning it
into a spice cake!
Ingredients
for White Chocolate Chai Date Nut Bread Mini Loaves
1
½ c. Dates, pitted and chopped
1
½ c. Brewed Chai Latte (if you prefer a mix, Pacific Chai makes a good one too!)
1⁄2
cup Dark Brown Sugar
¼
c. Granulated Sugar
2
T. Butter or Margarine
1
Egg
2
½ c. All Purpose Flour
½
tsp. Salt
1
tsp. Baking soda
1
c. Walnuts or Pecans, chopped
¾
c. White Chocolate Chips
Instructions for White Chocolate
Chai Date Nut Bread
Prepare Loaf Pans and Preheat
Oven. Preheat oven to 350 degrees. Lightly grease the bottoms and sides of three
mini loaf pans or one large loaf pan.
Soak the dates. Bring the chai latte to a slight boil. Stir in the chopped dates and remove from
heat. Cool the date and chai mixture
until just lukewarm.
Mix the wet date nut bread ingredients. Cream brown sugar, sugar and butter in a
small mixing bowl until blended. Add the egg and beat the mixture until smooth.
Beat in the date/chai mixture until blended.
Prepare the flour mixture. In a large mixing bowl, combine flour, baking
soda and salt. Mix the dry ingredients
thoroughly.
Combine the wet and dry
ingredients. Stir the date/chai ingredients
into the flour mixture until just blended. Do not overbeat—the date nut bread
batter should be lumpy. Fold in white chocolate chips and nuts.
Bake the White Chocolate Chai Date
Nut Bread loaves. Pour batter evenly into
three greased mini-loaf pans. Bake loaves about 45-60 minutes for mini
loaves. A wooden pick inserted in center should come out
clean. One large loaf needs about 60-75
minutes.
Cool and Slice. Remove the White Chocolate Chai Date Nut
Bread from oven and cool in pans for about 15 minutes. Remove loaves from pan
and cool completely on wire rack. I like
to wrap the loaves in foil and wait to slice for about 24 hours.
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