Chai Chocolate Chip Banana Bread Recipe
Prep Time:
25 minutes
Cook Time:
50 minutes
Servings:
10 Slices
Ingredients
  • ¾ cup whole milk
  • 2 Earl Grey teabags
  • 3 overripe bananas
  • 2 ½ cups flour
  • 1 teaspoon baking powder
  • ½ teaspoon salt
  • ½ teaspoon ground cinnamon
  • ½ teaspoon ground ginger
  • ½ teaspoon ground cardamom
  • ⅛ teaspoon ground nutmeg
  • ⅛ teaspoon ground cloves
  • ⅛ teaspoon black pepper
  • ½ cup butter, room temperature
  • ⅔ cup brown sugar
  • ⅓ cup granulated sugar
  • 1 teaspoon vanilla extract
  • 2 large eggs, room temperature
  • 1 cup chocolate chips
Directions
  1. In a small saucepan, add the milk and the Earl Grey teabags, and then gently heat up the milk until it just begins to simmer. Remove it from the heat and set it aside to cool, before straining the teabags from the mixture.
  2. Preheat the oven to 350 F and line a 2 pound loaf tin with baking paper. Mash the bananas in a bowl using a spoon, and set to one side.
  3. In a large bowl, mix together the flour, baking powder, salt, cinnamon, ginger, cardamom, nutmeg, cloves, and black pepper.
  4. In a stand mixer, or using a large bowl and an electric whisk, add the butter, brown sugar, and granulated sugar to the bowl and then beat it for 3 to 4 minutes until it is light and fluffy.
  5. Beat the vanilla extract and the eggs into the butter and sugar mixture, before folding in the mashed bananas.
  6. Using a wooden spoon or a spatula, fold in half of the dry ingredients, before pouring in half of the cooled Earl Grey milk mixture. Then, fold in the other half of the dry ingredients before finishing off by mixing in the remaining milk.
  7. Fold the chocolate chips in to the banana bread batter, making sure to not over-mix it, and then transfer it to the prepared and lined loaf tin. Smooth out the top and then bake for 50 minutes to 1 hour.
  8. When a skewer inserted into the banana bread comes out clean, remove the banana bread from the oven and set it aside to cool a while, before slicing and serving.