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Citrus Tea Loaves Prep, 30 minutes plus cooling. Bake about 30 minutes. Makes 6 mini loaves, about 4 servings each. Ingredients: 3cp all-purpose flour 1tsp baking powder 1/2tsp baking soda 1/2tsp salt 2 lemons 2 limes 1 Naval Orange 3/4cp plain low fat yogurt 1cp butter or margarine, (2 sticks), softened 2cps granulated sugar 5 large eggs 1cp Confectioners' sugar yellow, green, and orange sugar crystals, (optional) Directions: 1. Preheat oven to 350 degrees. Grease and flour 6 5 and 3/4 inch by 3 1/4 inch by 2 inch mini metal loaf pans. 2. In a large bowl, combine flour, baking powder, baking soda, and salt. From the lemons, grate 1tb peel and squeeze 4tbs juice. From the limes, grate 1tb peel and squeeze 2tbs juice. From the orange, grate 1tb peel and squeeze 2tbs juice. 3. In a small bowl, mix yogurt with lime juice, orange juice, and 2tbs lemon juice. Reserve the remaining lemon juice for the glaze. 4. In a large bowl, with mixer at medium speed, beat butter until creamy. Beat in lemon, lime, and the orange peels. Gradually beat in the granulated sugar. Beat 2 minutes or until fluffy, occasionally scraping bowl with rubber spatula. Beat in eggs, 1 at a time, until well-blended. With mixer at low speed, beat in the flour mixture, alternately with the yogurt mixture, just until blended. Scrape off any peel remaining on the beaters and stir into the batter. Spoon the batter evenly into the prepared pans. 5. Bake loaves 30 to 35 minutes, or until toothpick inserted in the centers comes out clean. Cool loaves in pans on wire racks 15 minutes. Run a thin knife around loaves to loosen from sides of pans. Remove loaves from pans and cool completely on racks. 6. When the loaves are cool, place wax paper under wire racks. In a small bowl, stir Confectioners' sugar and 4tsps reserved lemon juice until smooth, adding some of the remaining juice, if necessary, to make a thick glaze. Drizzle glaze over the loaves. Sprinkle with colored sugar crystals, if you like. Let stand until glaze sets, about 30 minutes. Wrap each loaf in plastic wrap. Store loaves at room temperature up to 4 days or in the freezer up to 3 months. "God, grant me the serenity to accept the things I cannot change; courage to change the things I can and the wisdom to know the difference." Jesus Loves You! -Sylvia C. Lopez --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ Access the Recipes And More list archives at: http://www.mail-archive.com/recipesandmore%40googlegroups.com/
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