Sour Cherry Tea Bread Food

CHERRY TEA BREAD

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 350°F.
• Sift the 2 cups flour (set aside reserved 1/4 cup for cherries), baking powder, baking soda, and salt together into a bowl.
• In a second bowl, toss the cherries with the reserved 1/4 cup flour.
• In the bowl of an electric mixer, cream the butter until it is light and fluffy; add the sugar and honey gradually, beating the mixture until it is very light.
• Add the eggs, one at a time.
• With mixer at lowest speed, add the flour mixture.
• Fold the floured cherries into the batter.
• Turn the batter into a buttered and floured loaf pan, approximately 9 x 5 x 3 inches.
• Bake the bread in the center of the oven for 1 hour.
• Cool the loaf for 15 minutes in the pan; unmold the bread on a rack to cool completely.
• Wrap the cherry bread loaf in plastic wrap and keep for a day before serving for best flavor.

SOUR CHERRY TEA BREAD

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 350 degrees. Grease a 9x5x3-inch loaf pan and reserve.
• Drain the cherries very well and pulp in the blender. Do not puree.
• Cream the butter and sugar in a large bowl.
• Remove 1 tablespoon of flour and reserve.
• Combine remaining flour, baking soda, and salt in another bowl. Add these dry ingredients to creamed mixture, alternately with the buttermilk.
• Add the beaten eggs, almond extract and pulped cherries to the batter.  Stir the reserved tablespoon of flour into the nuts, coating well. Add the floured nuts to the batter. Stir to incorporate all ingredients.
• Bake in prepared loaf pan in preheated oven for 50 to 60 minutes. Cool in pan 10 minutes and remove.

SOUR CREAM TEA BREAD

Steps:

• Grease a 9×5" loaf pan and preheat the oven to 350°F.
• Sift together flour and other dry ingredients.
• Beat butter in a bowl until smooth. Add sugar and beat again.
• Add eggs one at a time, then add vanilla. Beat until fluffy.
• Alternately add sour cream and flour, starting with sour cream, in two or three additions.
• Pour into pan, smooth top and bake for 1 hour 5 minutes, or until tester comes out clean.

CARROT TEA BREAD

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 400 degrees.
• Mix all the dry ingredients in a large bowl.
• Beat the eggs very light and add the baking powder. Stir into the dry ingredients with the oil, juice and carrots.
• If you decide to use nuts you can use walnuts, pecans or hazelnuts. If you use hazelnuts blanch them and remove the skins.Then brown them in the oven a little.
• Put the batter into an oiled bread pan and bake it 10 minutes at 400 degrees then turn the heat down to 325 degrees and bake for 1 hour and 5 minutes. 1 hour and 15 minutes altogether.