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Lemon Verbena Tea Bread Recipe

Ingredients

How to make it

  • Butter a 9 by 5 by 3-inch loaf pan.
  • Preheat the oven to 325°.
  • Heat the milk (do not boil) with the chopped Lemon Verbena and let steep till cool.
  • Mix the flour, baking powder, and salt together in a bowl and set aside.
  • In another bowl, cream the butter and gradually beat in the sugar. Continue beating until light and fluffy.
  • Beat in the eggs, one at a time.
  • Beat in the lemon zest.
  • Add the flour mixture alternately with the herbed milk.
  • Mix just until the batter is blended.
  • Pour the batter into the prepared pan.
  • Bake for approximately 50 minutes or until a toothpick inserted in the center of the bread comes out dry.
  • Remove the bread from the pan onto a wire rack that is set over a sheet of waxed paper.
  • Pour Lemon Glaze over the still-hot bread,
  • Let cool and enjoy.
  • GLAZE
  • Place the lemon juice in a small bowl, and add enough confectioners' sugar, stirring until a thick but pourable paste forms. Pour the glaze over the hot bread.

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    " It was excellent "
    chefelaine ate it and said...
    Another fiver! :+D
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  • zena824 16 years ago
    Love tea breads.... almost as good as scones....and they go so good with teas and coffees.... thanks for posting this....
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