I wanted to try mixing my love of chai tea into a bread recipe. This is a recipe for bread maker. I put it through the dough cycle, braided the dough, and cooked the bread.
| Prep Time: | 15 mins |
| Cook Time: | 20 mins |
| Additional Time: | 2 hrs 40 mins |
| Total Time: | 3 hrs 15 mins |
| Servings: | 10 |
| Yield: | 1 2-pound loaf |
Ingredients
- 1 cup 2% milk
- 3 chai tea bags (such as Oregon Chai®), divided
- 3 cups bread flour
- 1 egg, separated
- 2 tablespoons butter, softened
- ⅓ cup white sugar
- 2 ¼ teaspoons active dry yeast
- ½ teaspoon salt
- 1 tablespoon water
- 1 tablespoon white decorator sugar, or to taste
Instructions
- Heat milk in the microwave for 1 minute. Steep 1 tea bag in the warm milk for 7 to 10 minutes. Whisk contents of the remaining tea bags into flour.
- Pour milk into a bread machine, discarding tea bag. Add egg yolk, butter, flour, sugar, yeast, and salt, in that order. Run Dough cycle.
- Remove dough from the machine after the cycle is done, about 90 minutes. Place on a floured surface and punch down gently. Divide dough into 3 equal parts and braid together. Tuck ends under.
- Place the braided loaf on a greased baking pan and cover loosely with a towel. Let rise in a warm place until doubled, about 1 hour.
- Preheat the oven to 375 degrees F (190 degrees C).
- Whisk egg white with water to make egg wash. Brush egg wash over the loaf. Sprinkle decorator sugar on top.
- Bake in the preheated oven until golden brown, about 20 minutes.
Nutrition Facts
| Calories | 203 kcal |
| Carbohydrate | 36 g |
| Cholesterol | 24 mg |
| Dietary Fiber | 1 g |
| Protein | 6 g |
| Saturated Fat | 2 g |
| Sodium | 150 mg |
| Sugars | 8 g |
| Fat | 4 g |
| Unsaturated Fat | 0 g |