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Recipe
Meyer Lemon-Ginger Loaves
makes 2 small 9×5 loaves, or several smaller loaves*
Ingredients
| 2 ½ | cups all-purpose flour |
| 1 | cup cake flour |
| 1 | tablespoon baking powder |
| 1 | teaspoon kosher salt |
| ½ | cup candied ginger, finely chopped |
| 2 | tablespoons unsalted butter, melted and cooled |
| 1 ¾ | cups sugar |
| 3 | eggs |
| ¾ | cup whole milk |
| ¾ | cup vegetable oil |
| 1 | tablespoon vanilla extract |
| 3 | Meyer lemons, juiced and zested |
Glaze:
| 2 | cups confectioners’ sugar |
| 1 | Meyer lemon, juiced and zested |
Instructions
1. Preheat oven to 350F. Butter and flour two 9×5 loaf pans or smaller baking pans of desired size.
2. Whisk together the flours, sugar, baking powder, salt and ginger and set aside.
3. In a separate bowl whisk together the lemon juice and zest, oil, butter, eggs, milk and vanilla extract.
4. Slowly pour the wet ingredients into the dry ingredients and mix well until completely smooth. Pour the batter into the prepared loaf pans until they are half full and bake for about 45 minutes, or less time if the pan is smaller. If the pan is smaller start with 30 minutes bake time and test the loaves every five minutes after that.
5. To make the glaze: Whisk together the lemon juice, zest and sugar until completely smooth, adding drops of water as needed until the glaze reaches desired consistency. The consistency I use it fairly thick, it holds it shape when drizzled on the loaves and spreads like a frosting.
* for loftier loaves use 8×4 loaf pans. The 9×5 loaf pans make lower loaves that are great for tea.
Naptime Notes
Naptime Recipe Serving ideas
This tea bread is perfect for nearly any time of day, we love it for dessert or breakfast. The ginger is optional, feel free to omit it if necessary.
Naptime Stopwatch
20 minutes prep time, 30 minutes bake time
Naptime Reviews
This is always a hit no matter who is eating it. Keep it in your gift repertoire for life!
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Printed from: https://thenaptimechef.com/2011/12/homemade-gift-week-meyer-lemon-ginger-loaves-kitchenaid-mixer-giveaway-naptime-simple-tips/