Winter Squash Chai Bread

Ingredients

• 2 teaspoons double-acting baking powder 
• 0.5 teaspoon baking soda 
• 0.3 lb butter at room temperature
• 0.5 cup chai concentrate 
• 2 large eggs 
• 2 cups flour all-purpose
• 0.5 teaspoon ground cardamom black
• 2 teaspoons ground cinnamon 
• 0.3 teaspoon ground cloves 
• 1.5 teaspoons salt 
• 0.5 cup sugar 
• 1 teaspoon vanilla 
• 0.5 cup walnut pieces chopped
• 1 cup winter squash such as butternut or acorn cooked mashed

Equipment

• bowl
• oven
• blender
• loaf pan
• toothpicks

Directions

1. Preheat oven to 35
2. In a large bowl, use a mixer to beat together sugar and butter until light and fluffy.
3. Add squash, eggs, chai, and vanilla and stir until well blended.
4. Add flour, baking powder, baking soda, salt, spices, and nuts and stir just until evenly moistened.
5. Pour batter into a buttered 8-inch loaf pan.
6. Bake until a toothpick inserted in center of bread comes out clean, 45 to 55 minutes.
7. Let cool at least 10 minutes.
8. Serve warm or cool.