Guest Blogger - Anali: A Recipe

Hello to all of you out there in Blogland!  The Gunfighter family is off on a wonderful summer vacation and I’m Anali, your guest blogger today. Sit back, relax, and grab a cup of coffee.  Tea if you prefer.  Maybe some chai to accompany the delicious dessert that I have for you. 

I normally blog over at Anali’s First Amendment.  Hopefully you’ll stop by and check me out over there too when you get a chance.  I blog about everything.  Life in general, books, movies, politics.  I love to take pictures.  Plus I love to bake. A lot.  So, I thought that I’d share a recipe for something that I tried recently.   

For me, baking is all about creativity and improvisation. Sure, I use cookbooks, but recipes are merely a guide and I change them constantly.  It’s very rare that I follow a recipe exactly.  And I’ve started creating my own recipes too.   

For this recipe, I started with Jordan Marsh’s Blueberry Muffin recipe, which I blogged about last year.  I’ve eliminated most of the dairy from my baking, so I use vanilla rice milk instead of regular milk and Earth Balance vegan sticks instead of butter.  I added chai for a different flavor and aroma and changed some of the proportions of the other ingredients as well. I only had one cup of blueberries, so that’s what I used.  

I hope that some of you try this recipe.  Please let me know if you do.  Enjoy!

Chai Blueberry Bread

 

½ cup Earth Balance (melted)

2 eggs

1/3 cup vanilla rice milk

1 chai tea bag

1-cup sugar

½ tsp. salt

1 ½ tsp. baking powder

2 cups flour

1-cup blueberries (fresh or frozen) 

Heat oven to 375 degrees.  Prepare loaf pan by spraying with cooking oil and coating with flour.  If you like, line bottom of pan with parchment paper or wax paper cut to size. 

In a small container, heat rice milk in microwave. Steep tea bag in warm rice milk for about five minutes.  Remove tea bag. 

In medium bowl, combine Earth Balance, eggs, rice milk, and sugar.  Stir well.  Add salt, baking powder, flour, and stir until combined.  Stir in blueberries.  Pour batter in pan.  Bake for about 45 minutes or until lightly browned.  

Let cool before removing from pan. 

 

Here’s another chai recipe that you might enjoy. 
 

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