Chai Spiced Apple Oatmeal Bread Recipes

CHAI-SPICED STAR BREAD

Steps:

• In a small bowl, dissolve yeast in warm water. In a large bowl, combine milk, sugar, yeast mixture and 1.5 cups flour; beat on medium speed until smooth. Stir in enough remaining flour to form a soft dough (dough will be sticky)., Turn onto a floured surface; knead until smooth and elastic, 6-8 minutes. Place in a greased bowl, turning once to grease top. Cover and let rise in a warm place until doubled, about 1 hour., Punch down dough. Turn onto a lightly floured surface; divide into 4 portions. Roll each into a 12-in. circle. Place 1 circle on a parchment-lined 14-in. pizza pan. For filling, combine butter, brown sugar, vanilla and spices. Spread circle with a third of the filling. Repeat twice, layering dough and filling; top with pears. Top with final portion of dough., Place a 2-1/2-in. round cutter on top of the dough in center of circle (do not press down). With a sharp knife, make 16 evenly spaced cuts from round cutter to edge of dough, forming a starburst. Remove cutter; grasp 2 strips and rotate twice outward. Pinch ends together. Repeat with remaining strips., Cover with a kitchen towel; let rise until almost doubled, about 30 minutes. Preheat oven to 375°. Brush with beaten egg. Bake until golden brown, 20-25 minutes. Cool completely on a wire rack.

CHAI-SPICED APPLE OATMEAL BREAD

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 350. Mix together the first 7 ingredients in a medium sized bowl. In a separate bowl, combine the milk, honey, oil and egg until well blended. Add the dry ingredients to the wet and stir until just combined. Fold in the diced apples.
• Dump the batter into a well-greased loaf pan and bake for 45-50 minutes or until the top gets golden and a knife inserted into the center comes out clean. Cool.

APPLE OATMEAL BREAD

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 350. Grease and flour a 9 x 5 inch loaf pan.
• Mix all dry ingredients together.
• Lightly beat eggs in small bowl. Add oil and eggs to dry ingredients and stir until moistened. Fold in apples and nuts and pour into loaf pan.
• Bake 1 hour or until toothpick comes out clean. Cool in pan on wire rack for 10 minutes. Remove from pan. Cool on rack.

CHAI-SPICED BREAD

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 400 degrees.
• Spray the bottom of a 9" loaf pan with cooking spray (I use Pam).
• Combine the sugar and butter in a large bowl.
• With a mixer, beat on medium speed until fluffy.
• Add in eggs, tea, milk and vanilla.
• Reduce speed on the mixer to low and mix the ingredients well (the mixture will appear to be curdled).
• Add in the remaining bread ingredients.
• Mix just until moistened and spread in the loaf pan.
• Bake 50-60 minutes or until a toothpick inserted in the center comes out clean.
• Cool 10 minutes on a wire rack before removing from the pan.
• Cool 30 minutes before glazing.
• To prepare the glaze, combine the powdered sugar, vanilla and 3 t milk in a small bowl.
• Add additional milk in small amounts until the glaze is spreadable.
• Spread the glaze on the bread and sprinkle with cinnamon.
• Cool for 2 hours before slicing the bread.
• This may be stored at room temperature tightly wrapped for 4 days.
• This may be refrigerated for up to 10 days.

APPLE-CHAI SPICED BREAD PUDDING

Steps:

• Preheat the oven to 325 degrees F (165 degrees C). Spray an 8-inch square baking dish with nonstick cooking spray. Place cubed bread inside of dish and set aside.
• Bring milk, cardamom pods, allspice berries, cinnamon, and nutmeg to a simmer in a saucepan over medium-low heat; simmer for about 5 minutes. Remove from heat and let cool for 15 minutes. Strain milk into a bowl to remove large spices.
• Heat 4 tablespoons butter in a saute pan over medium-high heat. Saute apple in the hot butter until tender, about 5 minutes. Turn off heat and add 1 cup brown sugar, vanilla extract, and caramel extract. Stir until sugar is melted. Pour over bread cubes and toss until evenly distributed.
• Beat eggs and cooled, spiced milk together in a mixing bowl using an electric mixer. Pour over the bread mixture. Allow bread to soak up mixture, 10 to 15 minutes, lightly tapping down bread cubes as needed so egg mixture can soak in.
• Sprinkle remaining 1/4 cup brown sugar over the bread pudding. Melt remaining butter in a microwave-safe dish in a microwave, 15 to 30 seconds. Drizzle over brown sugar.
• Bake in the preheated oven until set and a toothpick inserted into the center comes out clean, 45 to 60 minutes. Serve warm or cold.