Lavender Tea Bread
Lavender Tea Bread
What You Need
- Lavender Tea Bread
3/4 cup milk
2 or 3 tablespoon dried lavender flowers finely chopped
2 cups all-purpose flour
1-1/2 teaspoon baking powder
1/4 teaspoon salt
6 tablespoon butter softened
1 cup sugar
2 large eggs
- Glaze
1 cup powdered sugar
1/2 teaspoon vanilla extract
1 tablespoon lemon juice
1-1/2 tablespoon milk
Sprig of lavender to garnish (optional)
Instructions
- Lavender Tea Bread
- Grease a 9x5x3 inch loaf pan.
- Preheat oven to 325 degrees.
- Heat milk with lavender almost to a boil, then steep until cool, allowing the lavender to infuse into the milk.
- In the meantime combine flour, baking powder and salt together in small bowl.
- In another bowl cream butter & sugar until smooth, then add eggs, one at a time, beating until light and fluffy.
- Add flour mixture alternately with lavender milk, in three parts. Mix until batter is just blended, do not overbeat.
- Pour into prepared pan and bake for 50 minutes, or until toothpick inserted in center comes out clean. Let cool in pan 5 minutes, then remove to a wire rack to cool.
- Once the bread has cooled completely, drizzle with a simple sugar glaze or sprinkle with confectioners’ sugar. Garnish with sprigs of fresh lavender.
- Glaze
- Combine the ingredients until smooth.
- Drizzle over cooled bread, garnish with fresh sprigs of lavender.
