Lemon Pecan Tea Bread Recipes

LEMON TEA BREAD

Steps:

• In a small bowl, cream butter and sugar. Add egg and lemon zest; beat well. Combine the flour, baking powder and salt; add to creamed mixture alternately with milk. , Transfer to a 5-3/4x3x2-in. loaf pan coated with cooking spray. Bake at 350° for 40-45 minutes or until a toothpick inserted in the center comes out clean. Cool for 10 minutes before removing from pan to a wire rack. Combine glaze ingredients; drizzle over warm bread.

PECAN LEMON LOAF

Steps:

• In a large bowl, cream butter and 1 cup sugar until light and fluffy. Beat in eggs. Combine the flour, baking powder and salt; add to creamed mixture alternately with sour cream, beating well after each addition. Fold in pecans and lemon zest., Transfer to a greased 9x5-in. loaf pan. Bake at 350° for 50-60 minutes or until a toothpick inserted in the center comes out clean. , In a small saucepan, combine lemon juice and remaining sugar. Cook and stir over medium heat until sugar is dissolved. Pour over warm bread. Cool completely on a wire rack before removing from pan.

LEMON TEA BREAD

Steps:

• Preheat the oven to 400 degrees F.
• Butter and flour a 9 by 5 inch, 3-inch deep loaf pan.
• To make the bread, whisk together the eggs, lemon zest, and juice, salt, and granulated sugar in a large bowl. Fold in the creme fraiche, flour, and baking powder. Gently fold in the melted butter, mixing just until combined.
• Pour the batter into the prepared pan. Bake for 8 minutes, then lower the oven temperature to 325 degrees F and bake for a further 25 to 30 minutes, or until a wooden skewer inserted in the center comes out clean. Leave to cool in the pan for 5 minutes before turning out onto a wire rack.
• To make the frosting, sift the confectioners' sugar into a large bowl. Add the lemon juice and salt, and stir until smooth. Adjust the sweetness by adding more lemon juice or more sugar as required. Drizzle the frosting over the warm bread and allow to set before serving.

LEMON TEA BREAD

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 325°F. Butter and flour two 9- x 5- x 3-inch metal loaf pans, knocking out any excess flour.
• Finely grate enough zest from lemons to measure 2‚ teaspoons and squeeze enough juice to measure about 1/2 cup. Into a bowl sift together flour, baking powder, and salt.
• In a large bowl with an electric mixer beat together butter, 2 cups sugar, and zest until light and fluffy. Beat in eggs 1 at a time, beating well after each addition. With mixer on low speed add flour mixture and milk alternately in batches, beginning and ending with flour mixture and beating just until batter is combined well. Beat in poppy seeds and 1 tablespoon lemon juice and divide batter between loaf pans, smoothing tops. Bake loaves in middle of oven until a tester comes out clean, about 1 hour.
• While loaves are baking, in a small bowl stir together remaining lemon juice and remaining 1/2 cup sugar until sugar is dissolved.
• Cool loaves in pans on a rack 15 minutes. Run a thin knife around edges of pans and invert loaves onto rack. Turn loaves right side up and pierce tops all over with a thin skewer. Repeatedly brush lemon glaze over tops of loaves until all of glaze is absorbed.
• Cool loaves completely. Tea bread keeps, wrapped in wax paper, in an airtight container at room temperature 4 days or, wrapped in foil and frozen, 1 month.

LEMON-GLAZED CARDAMOM PEAR TEA BREAD

Steps:

• Preheat the oven to 350 degrees. Grease one 9 1/2-by-5 1/2-inch loaf pan or three 5 1/4-by-3 1/2-inch loaf pans.
• To make the bread, combine the oil, pears, egg, lemon peel and milk in a small bowl. In a mixing bowl, stir together the flour, sugar, baking powder, salt and cardamom seeds. Fold in the pear mixture until the dry ingredients are moistened. Stir in the nuts. Spoon the dough into the prepared pan or pans. Bake 55 to 60 minutes for a large loaf or 35 to 45 minutes for smaller loaves, or until they test done. Remove from the pan and cook on a rack.
• While the bread bakes, stir together the glaze ingredients. Spoon the glaze over the still-warm bread. Continue to cool.

PECAN-VANILLA TEA BREAD

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 325°F. Butter and flour 9- to 10-cup nonstick Bundt pan. Whisk flour, pudding mix, and nutmeg in medium bowl. Using electric mixer, beat sugar and eggs in large bowl 5 minutes. Blend in dry ingredients, then butter (batter will be thick). Fold in buttermilk, then nuts and raisins. Transfer to prepared pan.
• Bake bread until tester inserted near center comes out clean, about 1 hour. Cool in pan 5 minutes. Turn out onto rack; cool.

BOARDING HOUSE LEMON PECAN BREAD

Steps:

• CREAM BUTTER AND SUGAR.
• BEAT IN EGGS.
• ADD DRY INGREDIENTS WITH BUTTERMILK.
• ADD LEMON AND ORANGE RIND AND JUICE FROM 2 LEMONS.
• CHOP PECANS AND STIR INTO BATTER.
• POUR INTO 4 GREASED LOAF PANS.
• BAKE 350 DEGREES FOR 1 1/4 HOURS.
• Glaze;.
• Mix remaining sugar with juice from 2 lemons.
• Glaze bread while warm.

LEMON PECAN TEA BREAD

Steps:

• Beat shortening at medium speed until fluffy.
• Gradually add sugar, beating well.
• Add eggs one at a time, beating after each addition.
• Combine flour, baking powder, and salt to mixture-adding to creamed mixture alternately with milk, beginning and ending with flour mixture.
• Stir in lemon rind and pecans.
• Pour batter into greased, floured 9x5x3-inch loaf pan.
• Bake at 350°F for 50-55 minutes, or until toothpick inserted in center comes out clean.
• Cool in pan on a wire rack for 10-15 minutes.
• Remove and let cool completely on wire rack.
• Lemon glaze: Combine ingredients, stirring until smooth (makes about 1/2 cup). Spread over loaf.