These cozy chai spiced muffins are perfect for an autumn brunch or served as a tasty afternoon snack with a hot cup of coffee or tea. They're richly flavorful and have a delightful glazed topping.
This delicious recipe is easy to assemble and can be served with or without the iced topping.
If you like chai lattes, you've got to try this recipe! It's got all the flavor of a delicious masala chai but in muffin form.
If you'd like to make these muffins for breakfast, you can leave off the iced topping and serve them with a dab of butter or cream cheese.
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Ingredients
Here's what you'll need to make these delicious muffins.
Muffin Ingredients
- All-Purpose Flour (you can also use white whole wheat flour if you'd prefer)
- Chai Spice Blend (a mixture of ground cinnamon, black pepper, fennel seed, cardamom, ginger, nutmeg, and cloves - here's a homemade chai spice mix recipe or you can use storebought. If you can't find chai spice, substitute it for pumpkin pie spice)
- Baking Soda
- Kosher Salt
- Very Rip Banana
- Honey
- Coconut Oil (swap with unsalted butter if you'd prefer)
- Large Egg (at room temperature if possible)
- Cane Sugar (or granulated sugar)
- Pure Vanilla Extract
- Old-Fashioned Rolled Oats (do not substitute for quick oats)
Glaze Ingredients
- Powdered Sugar (also called confectioner's sugar and icing sugar)
- Chai Spice Mixture
- Milk (or substitute like almond milk or oat milk)
See the recipe card for quantities.
Instructions
Preheat oven to 350 degrees F.
Prepare a 12-cup muffin tin with cooking spray or grease it with melted butter. You can use muffin liners as well.
In a medium bowl, combine the dry ingredients: flour, chai spice, baking soda, and salt.
In a large bowl, combine the wet ingredients - mash the banana and then add the honey, oil, egg, sugar, and vanilla extract. Stir till combined.
Then add the oats to the wet mixture and stir till combined.
Add half the flour mixture and stir till combined and the add the remaining flour mixture and stir till just combined.
Spoon the muffin batter evenly across the prepared muffin cups.
Bake for 20 to 22 minutes until the tops of the muffins are golden brown.
Remove from the oven and allow to cool.
If making glaze, combine the powdered sugar, chai spice, and milk in a small bowl. Whisk briskly till there are no lumps.
Drizzle the glaze over the muffins once they have cooled.
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Storage
Muffins will keep at room temperature (store in an airtight container) for 2 to 3 days. If you'd like to keep them longer, I recommend storing them in the refrigerator - they'll save for 4 to 5 days.
Tips for Making this Recipe
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Chai Spiced Muffins
These delicious chai spiced muffins with banana and oatmeal are a tasty treat for brunch or an afternoon snack.
Ingredients
Muffin Ingredients
- 1 ¾ cups all-purpose flour
- 2 teaspoons chai spice mixture
- ½ teaspoon baking soda
- 1 teaspoon kosher salt
- 1 ripe banana
- ⅔ cup honey
- ⅓ cup melted coconut oil
- 1 large egg
- 1 tablespoon cane sugar
- 1 teaspoon vanilla extract
- ⅓ cup old-fashioned rolled oats
Glaze Ingredients
- ½ cup powdered sugar
- ¼ teaspoon chai spice mixture
- 1 tablespoon milk (or oat milk)
Instructions
- Preheat oven to 350 degrees F.
- Prepare a 12-cup muffin tin with cooking spray or grease it with melted butter.
- In a medium mixing bowl, combine the flour, chai spice, baking soda, and salt.
- In a large mixing bowl, mash the banana and then add the honey, oil, egg, sugar, and vanilla extract. Stir till combined.
- Then add the oats to the wet mixture and stir till combined.
- Add half the flour mixture and stir till combined, and then add the remaining flour mixture and stir till just combined.
- Spoon the batter evenly across the prepared muffin cups.
- Bake for 20 to 22 minutes until the tops of the muffins are golden brown.
- Remove from the oven and allow to cool.
- If making the glaze, combine the powdered sugar, chai spice, and milk. Whisk briskly till there are no lumps.
- Drizzle the glaze over the muffins once they have cooled.
Nutrition Information:
Yield:
12Serving Size:
1Amount Per Serving: Calories: 224Total Fat: 7gSaturated Fat: 5gTrans Fat: 0gUnsaturated Fat: 1gCholesterol: 16mgSodium: 165mgCarbohydrates: 39gFiber: 1gSugar: 22gProtein: 3g
