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dirty chai muffins

Dirty Chai Muffins

Course Baking
Cuisine American
Keyword chai muffins
Total Time 1 hour
Servings 8 Muffins
Author Leslie

Ingredients

For the muffins:

  • 5 tbsp butter room temperature
  • 1 large egg room temperature
  • 3/4 cup sugar
  • 1 tsp vanilla extract
  • 1 tsp ground ginger
  • 3/4 tsp fresh ground cardamom
  • 1/2 tsp ground cinnamon
  • 1/2 tsp ground black pepper
  • 1/4 tsp nutmeg
  • 1/4 tsp ground cloves
  • 1 3/4 cups A/P flour
  • 1 1/2 tsp baking powder
  • 1/2 tsp salt
  • 1/2 cup brewed espresso from instant espresso powder

For the glaze:

  • 1 1/4 cups powdered sugar
  • 1 1/2 tbsp espresso made from instant espresso powder

Instructions

  1. Preheat the oven to 425F. Grease muffin tin or line with cups.
  2. Using a stand mixer with a paddle attachment, cream the butter and sugar on high until fluffy. Next beat in the egg for another minute. Beat in the vanilla extract and all of the spices until well combined.
  3. In a small bowl, mix together the flour, baking powder and salt. When adding the flour and coffee into the wet ingredients, alternate adding the ingredients until combined.
  4. Scoop the batter into the muffin tins. Bake 5 minutes at 425F then lower the temperatre to 375F and bake for an additional 15 minutes.