Here is a delicious quick bread, one just ready for spring time. Its Citrus Almond Quick Bread. A perfect bread for sharing with a great cup of tea.
This recipe was developed by Michelle from A Latte Food and I didn’t change a thing. I love a good quick bread and this one will not disappoint.
Here’s how it goes together
Ingredients
- All purpose flour
- Sugar
- Baking Powder
- Salt
- Lime Zest
- Lemon Zest
- Canola Oil (or Vegetable Oil)
- Milk
- Eggs
- Lemon Juice
- Lime Juice
- Almond Extract
- GLAZE
- Powdered Sugar
- Lemon or lime juice
- Almond Extract
- Almond Slices
Putting the dry ingredients together
In a medium sized bowl, mix together the flour, sugar, baking powder, salt and both lemon and lime zest.
Putting the liquid ingredients together
In another small bowl, mix together oil, milk, eggs, lemon juice, lime juice, and almond extract. Whisk together until well combined.
Put it all together
This recipe is easy and is put together by hand. Take the wet ingredients and fold them into the dry until completely incorporated.
Pour into prepared 8×4 pan. I use cooking spray and parchment paper but you can just grease the pan as well. Bake in a 350 degree oven for 55 minutes or until a tester comes out clean. It took perfectly 55 minutes for this loaf to be done. And resulted in a beautifully domed loaf.
To finish off this delicious little loaf, you glaze it with a lemon-lime powdered sugar glaze and top with almond slices. For ease, I put the glaze in a plastic bottle. Once the almond slices were applied, I topped with a second helping of the glaze.
Serving
This bread freezes well. Best served at room temperature and deliciously with a hot cup of tea. This is a great bread to gift and to share. Enjoy Citrus Almond Quick Bread.
Citrus Almond Quick Bread
Ingredients
- 1½ cup all purpose flour
- 1 cup sugar
- 1 tsp baking powder
- ½ tsp salt
- 1 tbsp lime zest
- 1 tbsp lemon zest
- ⅓ cup canola or vegetable oil
- ½ cup milk
- 2 eggs
- 2 tbsp lemon juice
- 2 tbsp lime juice
- ½ tsp almond extract
Glaze
- 1 cup powdered sugar
- 1-2 tbsp lemon or lime juice, or a mixture of both
- ¼ cup sliced almonds
Instructions
- Preheat the oven to 350 ° and grease an 8½ x 4½ bread pan. Line the bottom of the pan with parchment.
Bread
- In a medium sized bowl, sift together flour, sugar, baking powder, salt, and both lemon and lime zest. Set aside.
- In a small bowl, mix together canola oil, milk, eggs, lemon and lime juice and almond extract. Whisk until well combined.
- Slowly fold the wet ingredients into the dry ingredients. Once the mixture has just been combined, pour the batter into prepared bread pan. Bake for 55-60 minutes, or until a cake tester comes out clean.
- Allow to cool 10-20 minutes before removing from the pan and placing on a cooling rack.
Glaze
- Mix lemon juice or lime juice (or a combination), almond extract, and powdered sugar together until well combined.
- With the bread on the cooling rack, pour glaze over the bread. Immediately, while the glaze is still wet, sprinkle the almonds on top. Allow glaze to set, about five minutes or so before cutting.
