APPLE ROSEMARY TEA BREAD

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Provided by Martha Stewart

Yield Makes 3 small loaves

Number Of Ingredients 10

3/4 cup plus 1 tablespoon milk
1/2 cup raisins, coarsely chopped
4 tablespoons (1/2 stick) plus 1 teaspoon unsalted butter
2 apples, peeled, cored, and diced
1/2 cup plus 1 tablespoon sugar
1 teaspoon chopped fresh rosemary
1 1/2 cups all-purpose flour
2 teaspoons baking powder
1/4 teaspoon salt
1 large egg

Steps:

Heat oven to 350 degrees. Butter and flour three 5 1/2-by-2 1/2-by-2-inch loaf pans. Set them aside.
Heat milk to scalding. Remove from heat and add raisins. Stir in 4 tablespoons of the butter and let cool.
In a small saute pan over medium heat, cook apples in remaining 1 teaspoon butter with 1 tablespoon of the sugar until apples are glazed and somewhat soft, about 3 minutes. Add rosemary.
Combine flour, remaining 1/2 cup sugar, baking powder, and salt. Whisk the egg into cooled milk-raisin mixture.
Add the diced apples to dry ingredients but don't combine. Pour wet mixture over the dry and mix with a few quick strokes, until dry ingredients are just moistened. Do not overmix.
Fill prepared pans to about 3/4 full. Bake for 20 minutes, or until a toothpick inserted into middle comes out clean. Let cool.