Best Cherry Apricot Tea Bread Recipes

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.

APRICOT WALNUT TEA BREAD

Steps:

• Preheat your oven to 350°; grease a 9-inch loaf pan.
• Cut the apricots into small pieces and places in a bowl; add the boiling water and set aside to cool.
• Sift the flour, baking powder, and salt and set aside.
• In a large bowl, combine the egg, vanilla, sugar and oil; beat until blended.
• Gradually add the apricot mixture, beating constantly.
• Add the flour mixture and beat until smooth; stir in the nuts, then scrape the dough into the prepared pan.
• Bake for 1 hour.
• Let the bread cool in the pan for 10 minutes, then loosen with spatulas and transfer to a rack; cool then wrap in foil and store in the fridge for at least 12 hours before serving.

APRICOT TEA BREAD

Steps:

• Place apricots in a bowl and cover with boiling water. Soak for 1/2 hour.
• Preheat oven to 350°F Coat a 9 x 5 inch loaf pan with non-stick cooking spray.
• Drain apricots, reserving 1/4 cup of the soaking water.
• Finely chop apricots. Set aside.
• Sift together dry ingredients. Set aside.
• Cream together the egg, sugar and oil.
• Add flour mixture to egg mixture alternately with orange juice and reserved soaking water. Stir in apricots and pecans.
• Spread batter in loaf pan and bake 1-1 1/4 hours, or until wooden pick inserted into center of bread comes out clean.
• Turn out onto wire rack and cool.

CHERRY-PECAN-APRICOT BREAD

Steps:

• Preheat the oven to 350°.
• Grease a 9 X 5-inch loaf pan, line the bottom with wax paper and grease the paper.
• Beat the butter with sugar until fluffy; blend in the egg.
• Sift the flour, baking powder, baking soda and salt together.
• Combine the apricots, sourcream and almond extract.
• Stir the flour mixture into the sugar mixture alternately with apricot mixture.
• Fold in the nuts and cherries.
• Turn into the loaf pan and bake 50 minutes or until crust springs back when lightly poked with fingertip.
• Cool in pan on wire rack 10 minutes, turn out and cool completely.