This may be my favorite loaf of bread I’ve ever made. Maybe. Pumpkin and chai were just made for each other. Remember my sweet potato chai muffins? This recipe is better.
As I type this, I’m flying back out to California. I was back home from Pittsburgh for just a week, but cookbook work had to be done, so I’m back off to the west coast. Hopefully you’ve heard the news that I’m coming out with my second cookbook!! The first time around, I wrote it by myself. This second time around, I’m going with a new publisher AND writing it with another person, which is pretty awesome because it’s George from Civilized Caveman. We decided to come together and collaborate to make a ton of brand new, never before seen recipes. With George’s amazing photography and my ability to destroy his kitchen while creating recipes, we are bound to come up with some pretty stellar dishes. He loves when I’m in the kitchen. Just loves it.
I’m excited that I finally have the chance to tell you all about the cookbook and share some pictures of the recipes that will be in the book! Especially the failed recipes. Those are funny to see. Not for us, because we become extremely annoyed when it happens, but it’s funny for you. And remember, when I go to visit George in California, we spend 6-7 days with each other. And annoy each other. I get all up in his space, eat a lot of his food (he always has the best food ever) and spill food into every crevice possible. So when a recipe fails, it makes things worse. We become almost like little children, throwing small tantrums. Baking has seemed to be our biggest downfall. Mostly because we are trying new ingredients that we haven’t worked with much. We tried some cinnamon rolls and monkey bread…both failed. They still tasted good, so of course we ate them, but looks wise and texture wise, not so much. Hopefully we can pull our sh*t together and figure out those recipes. How bomb would that be? Bomb.
Crying babies are the worst. And there is one in close proximity to me on the plane. No wait, crying babies on planes are the worst. I know, I know, I will never get it until I am a mom, but what if I don’t plan to be a mom? What if I plan to do other things? Then will I never understand it? I felt really bad for the mom on the flight. Even though everyone understands, they all still secretly hate her, because you can’t hate the child. That would just be effed up.
You know what’s effed up? That show ‘The Walking Dead’. I see why it’s so addictive, but daaaaamn are your dreams messed up afterwards. I didn’t have zombie dreams, oh no. I had dreams of creepy people, doing creepy things. Like smearing pumpkin pie on my friend and jumping up and down on her. You think that wouldn’t be that freaky of a dream, but you had to see their faces. Chainsaw massacre meets hills have eyes. I escaped up a mountain with wolves following me. Then I woke up, and couldn’t go back to sleep. Pretty sure my brain told me to wake up so I wouldn’t witness my own death. I’m sad I won’t be watching The Walking Dead anymore. But I like living in my dreams.
THE CRYING WON’T STOP.
Chai Pumpkin Bread
- Yield: 6 1x
Ingredients
- 1 cup almond butter (or other nut butter or seed butter)
- 1/2 cup pumpkin puree
- 1 banana, mashed
- 1/4 cup honey (optional- i like it sweeter)
- 2 eggs, whisked
- 2 chai tea packets (tea spices removed from packets)
- 3 tablespoons coconut flour
- 1/2 tablespoon cinnamon
- 1/2 teaspoon nutmeg
- 1/8 teaspoon ground cloves
- 1/8 teaspoon ground ginger
- 1/2 teaspoon baking soda
- 1/2 teaspoon baking powder
- pinch of salt
Instructions
- Preheat oven to 350 degrees.
- Mix together almond butter, pumpkin, banana, and eggs.
- Cut open the two tea bags and remove all the tea spices from the tea bags and add to almond butter mixture.
- Add the rest of the ingredients and mix until well combined.
- Grease a loaf pan and then line it with parchment paper.
- Pour batter in pan and place in oven. Bake for 45 minutes. Let rest before slicing.
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This is a really tasty bread! Very delicate in texture and ever-so-slightly sweet. I didn’t have chai tea on hand, but did have pumpkin spice tea. Worked nicely. I’ll make it again with chai when I can get to the store. Even my carb-loving husband said it was really good. Thanks for the recipe!
I’m somewhat new to paleo, and have been sucking at any type of baking in the mountains! This was great and I served with a cranberry sauce from another cookbook…I did have to share that I accidentally doubled the eggs (children were talking at me)—but it turned out perfect! I’m at 7500 feet–so if anyone in the mountains is wondering if this works, just add a few more eggs!
Would love to hear from others if this actually turned out like a “bread.” I don’t mind things dense, but I tried a paleo banana bread recipe that was very similar to this and it was definitely more of a pudding than a bread. Would love to see some photos of this once it is sliced. I understand completely that true “bread” is not paleo so this will be different than the traditional but I was a bit disappointed in the one I made before since it was soooo gooey. Would love to hear about how this worked out for others 🙂
I have a mash up of this and your chocolate banana swirl bread in the oven right now. Basically this recipe, with extra pumpkin subbed for the banana, and the chocolate swirl from the other recipe. Chocolate Swirl Pumpkin Chai Bread. Too over the top?
Oh hells na. Best decision ever!!!
So, about the tea packets… Nah, just kidding. Just made this. Soooooo good. My family gives you a big thumbs up.
Would I be able to substitute the almond butter with a pumpkin butter?
not really sure it would bake the same, but i haven’t tried pumpkin butter
I morphed this and your chocolate banana swirl bread to come up with Pumpkin Chai Chocolate Swirl Bread. I’ve made it so many times I don’t have to look at a recipe. And now I just took the Ooey Gooey Pumpkin Bar recipes out of the oven and OMG is right. I may be one of the only people who GAINS weight after going Paleo. I need to give these away quickly before I eat the whole batch.
I made this lovely pumpkin bread last night. It turned out wonderfully. I only used 1/2 cup of almond butter (that is all I had left), no chai seasoning (didn’t have that) and it was a success. Thanks for posting!
I made this today – used 1 cup almond flour plus a little grassfed butter. I eat almond butter too much to use a cup of it in a recipe 😉 This recipe is legit! I’ll be making this again.
Could I make this without the almond butter?
no