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This Chai Spiced Bread is the perfect fluffy white loaf of bread, swirled with gooey chai spice and sugar in the middle topped with a sweet & tangy orange glaze

Chai Spiced Bread

This Chai Spiced Bread is the perfect fluffy white loaf of bread, swirled with gooey chai spice and sugar in the middle topped with a sweet & tangy orange glaze

Course Bread, Breakfast, Snack
Prep Time 40 minutes
Cook Time 35 minutes
Proofing Time 2 hours
Servings 24
Calories 220 kcal
Author Tiffany bendayan

Ingredients

For Bread

  • 1 packet (1/4 oz.) Active Dry Yeast
  • 1 cup warm Milk
  • 1/3 cup Unsalted Butter, melted and cooled
  • 1/2 cup Sugar
  • 1 teaspoon Salt
  • 1 large Egg
  • 4 cups bread Flour, plus additional if needed

For Filling

  • 3/4 cup Brown Sugar
  • 1 tablespoon McCormick Gourmet™ Organic Ground Saigon Cinnamon ground
  • 1 teaspoon McCormick Gourmet™ Ground Ginger ground
  • 1 teaspoon McCormick Gourmet™ Ground Nutmeg ground
  • 1 teaspoon McCormick Gourmet™ Ground Cardamom ground
  • 1/2 teaspoon McCormick Gourmet™ Ground Cloves ground
  • 5 tablespoons unsalted Butter, softened

For Orange Glaze

  • 4 tablespoons unsalted Butter, softened
  • 1 1/2 cups Confectioners Sugar
  • 2 tablespoons Orange Juice
  • 2 teaspoons Orange Zest

Instructions

For Bread

  1. Grease 2 loaf pans.

  2. In the bowl of the mixer,add the yeast and warm milk. Mix lightly and cover with a dish towel for 5minutes for yeast to activate.

  3. Add the sugar, egg, butter, flour, and salt and mix using your dough hook on mediumspeed until the dough comes together. If dough is too sticky, add more flour, 1tablespoon at a time.

  4. Keep mixing for 5-6 minutes or until dough becomes smooth and elastic.

  5. Remove from mixer and place in a greased bowl. Cover with a dish towel and let itrise for 1 hour. (or until doubled its size) in a warm area.

For Filling

  1. In a bowl mix the sugarsand spices together with a whisk.

  2. Once the dough has doubled in size, remove from the bowl and place on a floured surface.

  3. Roll dough into a rectangle, about 16x10".

  4. Spread the butter all over the dough.

  5. Sprinkle the sugar-spice mixture evenly over the butter.

  6. Starting from the short end, roll the dough tightly into a log seam side down.

  7. Trim off the ends and cut the log in half.

  8. Place each log into the prepared loaf pans seam side down.

  9. Cover them with a dish towel and let it rise for 1 hour in a warm area.

  10. Preheat oven to 375°F.

  11. Bake loafs for 28-30 minutes. If they brown excessively before they are cooked, cover them with foil.

  12. Remove from the oven and place them on cooling racks.

For Orange Glaze

  1. Beat the butter until smooth with a mixer.

  2. Slowly add the rest of the ingredients.

  3. Drizzle them on top the loaves while they are still warm.

  4. Serve and enjoy!

Nutrition Facts
Chai Spiced Bread
Amount Per Serving
Calories 220 Calories from Fat 72
% Daily Value*
Fat 8g12%
Saturated Fat 5g31%
Cholesterol 27mg9%
Sodium 145mg6%
Potassium 52mg1%
Carbohydrates 35g12%
Fiber 1g4%
Sugar 19g21%
Protein 3g6%
Vitamin A 241IU5%
Vitamin C 1mg1%
Calcium 28mg3%
Iron 1mg6%
* Percent Daily Values are based on a 2000 calorie diet.