I was feeling a little Martha-ish this afternoon, so I decided to experiment with rhubarb a little bit! My mom teaches my two oldest boys and some of their cousins a group singing lesson, and their recital is tonight. I thought a nice fresh loaf of bread would be a great little appreciation gift. My in-laws (where we are still living!) are starting to have lots of rhubarb ripe for the picking! I decided to try a quick bread and it turned out great! Here's the recipe:
1 1/2 cups packed brown sugar
1 cup butter, softened
2 cups sour milk (or buttermilk)
4 eggs
4 cups flour (I used whole wheat pastry flour with great results)
1 tsp. baking powder
1 tsp. baking soda
1 tsp. salt
1 cup chopped fresh rhubarb
Glaze:
1/2 cup honey
2 T. lemon juice
Heat oven to 350. Grease 3 loaf pans. Beat sugar and margarine, mix in rest of wet ingredients. Add dry ingredients and mix just until combined. Fold in rhubarb. Bake at 350 for about 50 minutes. Immediately after baking, poke bread with a fork several times on the top and brush on glaze. When bread is cool enough to handle, remove from pans. Makes 3 smallish loaves. Delicious! I also found a cute printable label to put on it.
What's been in your oven lately?
Thor made a loaf of milk bread this past weekend and last week I made some pumpkin bread for new neighbors.
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