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Chai Latte Muffins with Chai Spiced Streusel

4.50 from 4 votes
Prep Time: 25 minutes
Cook Time: 18 minutes
Total Time: 43 minutes
Author: Traci Crossland
Moist, soft, fluffy, perfectly spiced, and SO. GOOD. These Chai Latte Muffins with Chai Spiced Streusel are the perfect breakfast bake all year long!

Ingredients

Muffins

  • 1 cup whole milk
  • 2 chai tea bags
  • 2¼ cups all purpose flour*
  • 1 cup granulated sugar
  • 2½ teaspoons baking powder
  • ⅔ teaspoon salt
  • 2 large eggs room temperature
  • ½ cup vegetable oil
  • 1½ teaspoons vanilla extract

Streusel

  • ½ cup granulated sugar
  • ½ teaspoon ground cinnamon
  • ¼ teaspoon ground ginger
  • ¼ teaspoon ground cardamom
  • 5 Tablespoons all purpose flour
  • 3 Tablespoons salted butter cool, sliced
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Instructions

Streusel

  • In a small bowl, stir together sugar, cinnamon, ginger, cardamom, and flour.
  • Use a pastry knife, or fork, to cut butter in to dry ingredients. Set aside.

Muffins

  • Heat oven to 350℉.
  • Line muffin pans with paper liners, or spray with baking spray. Set aside.
  • In a small saucepan, combine milk and tea bags.
  • Heat to steaming.
  • Remove from heat and allow to steep for at least 5 minutes.
  • In a large bowl, whisk together flour, sugar, baking powder, and salt. Set aside.
  • In a medium bowl, whisk together eggs, oil, vanilla, and tea infused milk.
  • Pour wet ingredients over dry ingredients.
  • Stir until dry ingredients are completely incorporated.
  • Fill muffin cups ¾ full.
  • Top with streusel.
  • Bake for 15-18 minutes, or until done.

Notes

*This recipe was written using an average of the dip and sweep method for measuring flour and the spoon and level method. If you are using a scale, you will need to add 3/4 oz or 22 g  to the measurement for each cup of flour.
  • Do NOT over-mix the batter.
  • Be sure to set a timer when you’re steeping the tea. You don’t want to over-brew it!
  • If you don’t have cupcake papers, you can grease the muffin pan.
  • Be careful to not add TOO much streusel to the tops of these muffins.
  • A cake tester or toothpick is a great way to check if these muffins are baked!

Nutrition

Serving: 1muffinCalories: 244kcalCarbohydrates: 35gProtein: 3gFat: 10gSaturated Fat: 3gPolyunsaturated Fat: 4gMonounsaturated Fat: 2gTrans Fat: 1gCholesterol: 31mgSodium: 195mgPotassium: 56mgFiber: 1gSugar: 20gVitamin A: 124IUVitamin C: 1mgCalcium: 64mgIron: 1mg

Nutritional information is only an estimate. The accuracy of the nutritional information for any recipe on this site is not guaranteed.