Recipe Courtesy of Choice Organic Teas

Ingredients:

1/2 cup sugar

1/2 cup butter, at room temperature

1 cup canned pumpkin

2 large eggs

2 bags of Choice Organic Teas Chai Spice Black Tea, steeped in 1/2 cup boiling water

1 tsp. vanilla

1 1/3 cup all-purpose flour

2/3 cup whole-wheat flour

2 tsp. baking powder

1/2 tsp. baking soda

1 1/2 tsp. salt

2 tsp. cinnamon

1/2 tsp. each cardamom, ginger, and black pepper

1/4 tsp. each cloves, nutmeg, and allspice

 

Directions:

1. Preheat oven to 350. In a large bowl, use a mixer to beat together sugar and butter until light and fluffy.

2. Add pumpkin, eggs, chai tea liquid, and vanilla and stir until well combined. Add flour, baking powder, baking soda, salt, and spices and stir just until evenly moistened.

3. Pour into prepared 8'' loaf pan. Bake 45-55 minutes, or until a toothpick inserted comes out clean. Cool at least 20 minutes.

 

Published by WholeFoods Magazine Online, 12/30/2014