Reviewed: Dec. 13, 2009

This bread has a nice sweet flavor to it but there is something missing, perhaps cinnamon and a orange glaze on top?

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Reviewed: Dec. 3, 2009

I used this site to increase the servings to 16 because I had 2/3 cup (5 oz) of cream cheese to use up. I used 3 eggs, and made 18 muffins, which took 25 minutes to bake at 350F. Yummy!

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Amanda E.

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Home Town: Los Lunas, New Mexico, USA

Living In: La Reina, Santiago Metropolitan Region, Chile

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Reviewed: Oct. 25, 2009

Great starter recipe, the following changes will make it 5 stars: Use 1/3 cup of super-brewed Chai tea to get a strong flavor (soak 3 packets of Chai in 1/3 cup of just-boiled water for 20 min). For even MORE flavor, you can try adding a teaspoon of the dry chai mix from the tea packet. Use 3 medium bananas, a little over a cup mashed. Reduce the cooking temp to 300-325 F depending on your oven, cook for about 45-55 min. These changes will make a delicious, MOIST bread - and believe me, you WILL taste the chai flavor with the super-brewed tea! :)

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Silverhalo

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Reviewed: Oct. 22, 2009

The bread was very moist but a bit too dense & sticky for my liking. Not bad though! You definitely don't taste the chai. I also wondered how much tea I would need to get the chai flavor, and used 1/2 c of brewed chai (straight tea, no latte mix) with 5 teabags. If you want more of that chai taste, you're probably better off creating a spice mix and using that instead or in addition to the tea.

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karmagini

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Reviewed: Jul. 31, 2009

A very tasty, moist banana bread, but as many reviewers mentioned, not much chai flavor. I super, duper soaked the tea bags based on other reviewers suggestions and still felt it needed more spice additions. Still, though, worth making again as a tasty, gooey banana bread. One thing that was not clear to me is if the chai should have been brewed with milk or water?

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Mereke

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Reviewed: Jul. 23, 2009

This was tasty stuff. I added a bit more chai tea mix for extra flavor but other than that kept the recipe the same. I made 2 mini loaves and put one in the freezer for later!!

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ladybuggs5224

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Reviewed: Mar. 23, 2009

I think this is a really good "beginning" recipe. Next time I will make a few changes: 1. Add more bananas. Even with mine being very over ripe, I couldn't taste much banana flavor. 2. Add more chai. I brewed VERY strong chai, and I still couldn't taste it much. Next time I want to brew some strong tea and maybe add some of the instant Chai mix from Tastefully simple. 3. Don't overmix! I like the more breadlike consistancy, but mine were almost too tough. I will hand mix in the dry ingredients next time so I don't overwork the batter.

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KellyTheChef

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Living In: Hartville, Ohio, USA

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Reviewed: Dec. 24, 2008

I get rave reviews anytime I take this bread anywhere. People always ask how I get it so moist. The only thing I change is I do not brew the tea and I use straight chai mix no milk. I have been making this for years and love it. Best banana bread ever.

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Mrs. Rico

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Home Town: Pleasant Valley, Iowa, USA

Living In: Dixon, Iowa, USA

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Reviewed: Nov. 14, 2008

Very Good Banana Bread. Not much of a Chai taste at all, though. I might try it with instant Chai latte (powdered, you can get it at Starbucks). Thanks for the inspiration!! =]

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CRUISEM

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Living In: Toms River, New Jersey, USA

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Reviewed: Oct. 5, 2008

I substituted "Good Earth Sweet and Spicy" herbal tea.... used 1.5 cups mashed banana, and substituted 1/4 splenda and 1/5 cup granulated sugar. I added 1 tsp each cinnamon and allspice. By preparing it this way 1/12 of loaf contains 1 gram fat, 1.3 grams fiber and only 145 calories. My loaf was done in 45 minutes.......I will most definitely make this again.... and again. Thanks.

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Reviewed: Sep. 22, 2008

Couldn't really taste the chai tea but it was lovely anyway.

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cheryl

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Reviewed: Aug. 20, 2008

This was a good starter recipe... but it needs something extra. First off, more banana! I like a lot of banana in my banana bread. I would up the amount to at least a full cup, if not more. Second, I would use both the tea and some additional spices... I made a very strong cup of tea, and put in a bit more spice, and I still couldn't taste it. Overall, the bread was pretty good, other than those two things, which are easily fixed. I'll most likely try it again

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Emma Lo

Cooking Level: Intermediate

Home Town: Las Cruces, New Mexico, USA

Living In: Saint Paul, Minnesota, USA

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Reviewed: Jun. 9, 2008

Love this recipe--a really great bread comes out, though I would hesitate to call it serious banana bread or say the chai flavor comes out that much. I used the chai concentrate SKIDZ7 explains in the Coffeebar Chai recipe on this site (no milk added--I was hoping the spiciness of the chai would come out more that way). Either way, a great tasting loaf. Though as others mentioned, I did reduce the cook time by about 10 min and I'm glad I did. The cream cheese really comes through to give it a wonderfully different texture. I did throw about a quarter cup of walnuts in as well just because I love that extra crunch in any fruit/veggie loaves.

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Aredendra

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Reviewed: Feb. 28, 2008

Yum!!! This bread was delicious. I used two bananas, fat free cream cheese and 1/2 cup chai. I brewed the 3 bags of chai tea in 1/2 cup water for 20 minutes. The bread has a hint of spicy flavor, not much. But still tastes great. Also, I cooked mine at 300 degrees for 40 minutes. The bread is a little sticky and chewy, but it's a great treat.

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Reviewed: Dec. 1, 2007

I really liked the texture and taste of that bread. I used 1/2 c. strong brewed chai tea. Make sure you don't bake it to long otherwise it will come out really dry. Next time I will probably lower the temperatur to 300 degrees.

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Kati G.

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Reviewed: Oct. 20, 2007

Have made this a few times and everyone loves it. Yummy!

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deena

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Reviewed: Apr. 28, 2007

I followed the recipe exactly, the bread came out very moist and my family enjoyed it but I thought it tasted like bananna bread I don't think the chia made a difference? I think next time I will use more chia and add a spice or two!

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Reviewed: Mar. 14, 2007

Great recipe. What I did was reduced the baking powder to a teaspoon, added more banana, and upped the chai. I took the advice of some of the other posters and when I added the chai, I warmed my pre-packaged chai and added three chai teabags to strengthen the chai taste. Interesting recipe, but surprizingly wonderful. I recieved many complements on this recipe.

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Reviewed: Feb. 7, 2007

Yummy! I brewed really strong chai, as suggested and added a pinch of allspice to make the taste a little stronger. Also, instead of creame cheese I used vanilla yogurt, keeping the creamy consistency without as much fat. A great recipe I will continue to use!!

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MUNKYFOOD

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Home Town: Atlanta, Georgia, USA

Living In: Lewisville, Texas, USA

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Reviewed: Nov. 27, 2006

I added extra banana as i usually do and steeped the chai tea bag for an extra long time. I could not detect the chai as i hoped i would. I also did not feel that this bread was any different than my basic banana bread recipe and it contained much more fat due to the cream cheese. I was a nice bread, but the chai did not translate in my opinion.

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