Lemon Cranberry Anise Bread Recipes

LEMON-CRANBERRY MINI LOAVES

Steps:

• In a large bowl, cream butter and sugar until light and fluffy. Add eggs, one at a time, beating well after each addition. Beat in the lemon juice and zest. Combine the flour, baking powder and salt; add to the creamed mixture alternately with milk. Fold in cranberries and walnuts. Pour into four greased 5-3/4x3x2-in. loaf pans. , Bake at 350° for 40-45 minutes or until a toothpick inserted in the center comes out clean. For glaze, whisk sugar and lemon juice until sugar is dissolved. Immediately spoon over bread. Cool for 10 minutes before removing from pans to wire racks to cool completely.

LEMON CRANBERRY BREAD

Steps:

• Preheat the oven to 350°F. Lightly spray a 9x5 inch loaf pan with non-stick spray and set aside.
• In a small bowl, toss the cranberries and lemon zest with the 1 tablespoon of granulated sugar. Set aside.
• In a large bowl, whisk together the flour, baking powder, and salt.
• In another bowl, whisk together the remaining 1/2 cup sugar, eggs, and melted butter until well combined.
• Add the milk and vanilla and whisk until combined.
• Add this mixture to the flour mixture and stir until just combined.
• Fold in the cranberries.
• Scoop the batter into the prepared loaf pan, smoothing the top.
• Bake 45-55 minutes, or until a toothpick inserted in the centre of the loaf comes out clean.
• Allow the bread to cool for 10-15 minutes in the loaf pan, and then remove it to a wire rack to cool completely.
• In a small bowl, whisk together the powdered sugar and lemon juice until smooth to make the glaze.
• Drizzle the glaze over top of the cooled bread.

ANISE RAISIN BREAD

Steps:

• In a bowl, dissolve yeast in warm milk. Add the sugar, orange juice, butter, eggs, egg whites, lemon juice, orange zest, salt, lemon zest, extract and 2 cups flour. Beat until smooth. Stir in raisins and enough remaining flour to form a soft dough. Turn onto a floured surface; knead until smooth and elastic, about 6-8 minutes. Place dough in a bowl coated with cooking spray; turn once to grease top. Cover and let rise in a warm place until doubled, about 1-1/4 hours., Punch dough down. Turn onto a lightly floured surface; divide in half. Shape into loaves. Place in two 8x4-in. loaf pans coated with cooking spray. Cover and let rise in a warm place until doubled, about 45 minutes. Bake at 350° for 45-50 minutes or until golden brown. Remove from pans to cool on wire racks.

CRANBERRY/ALMOND LOAF

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 350 F (180 C).
• Butter a 9 x 5 inch loaf pan, or line with parchment paper.
• In a large bowl, combine flour, sugar, baking powder, baking soda and salt.
• Make a well in the centre and add beaten eggs, Milk, butter and vanilla.
• Sprinkle with cranberries and almonds; stir just until combined.
• Spread into prepared pan, smoothing top.
• Bake for 65 to 75 mins, or until tester inserted in centre comes out clean.
• Let cool in pan on rack for 10 minutes.
• Remove from pan and transfer to rack to cool completely.

SIMPLE LEMON BREAD W/ HONEY

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 325'F.
• Scale out margarine and honey in mixer bowl and set aside.
• Scale out 2 eggs with 33g lemon juice and set aside.
• Scale out dry flour, baking powder, salt, baking soda and sift together.
• Measure 1/2 cup of milk.
• Cream margarine and honey together using flat beater of mixer.
• Beat in eggs and lemon juice.
• Add approximately half of flour mixture and mix.
• Add milk and incorporate.
• Add remaining flour mixture and finish mixing.
• Transfer mixture to a greased loaf pan and bake for approximately 45min at 325'F.

LEMON ANISE BISCOTTI

Steps:

• Sift first 3 ingredients in small bowl. Whisk sugar and eggs in large bowl to a light lemon color. Stir in next 3 ing. Sift dry ing. over egg mixture, then fold in until dough is just combined. Adjust oven rack to middle position and heat oven to 350 deg. Halve dough and turn each portion onto an oiled cookie sheet covered with parchment. Using floured hands, quickly stretch each portion into a rough 13x2 in. log. Place them about 3 in. apart on cookie sheet. Pat each dough shape to smooth it. Bake, turning pan once, until loaves are golden and just beginning to crack on top, about 35 min. Cool loaves 10 min. Lower oven temp. to 325 deg. Cut each loaf diagonally into ⅜ in. slices with serrated knife. Lay the slices about ½ in. apart on cookie sheet, cut side up, and return them to oven. Bake, turning over each cookie halfway through baking, until crisp and golden brown on both sides, abaout 15 min. Transfer to wire rack and cool completely. (Can be stored in airtight container for 1 month) VARIATION: Substitute unhulled sesame seeds for anise seeds. Brush top with egg wash and sprinkle with more sesame seeds.