Lavender Tea Bread
Lavender Tea Bread
Lavender Tea Bread is a scrumptious light quick bread infused with fresh lavender for an amazing flavor experience, drizzle a touch of lemon glaze over the top and garnish with fresh sprigs of lavender for a Gorgeous Brunch treat!
Ingredients
Lavender Tea Bread
- 3/4 cup milk
- 2 Tbsp. dried lavender flowers finely chopped, or 3 Tbsp. (USE CODE: AKLRECIPE at CHECKOUT for 5% off)
- 2 cups all-purpose flour
- 1 1/2 tsp. baking powder
- 1/4 tsp. salt
- 6 Tbsp. butter softened
- 1 cup sugar
- 2 large eggs
Simple Glaze
- 1 cup Powdered sugar
- 1/2 tsp Vanilla extract
- 1/2 spoon lemon juice
- 1 1/2 tbsp Almond milk or regular milk
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.
Simple Glaze
- Combine the ingredients until smooth and drizzle over cooled bread, garnish with fresh sprigs of lavender.
- ENJOY!
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