Best 7 Apricot Tea Loaf Recipes

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.

APRICOT BREAD

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 350°. Soak apricots in warm water for 30 minutes. Meanwhile, in a bowl, cream the sugar, butter and egg. Stir in orange juice. Combine flour, baking powder, baking soda and salt; stir into creamed mixture just until combined. Drain apricots well; add to batter with nuts. Pour into a greased 9x5-in. loaf pan. Bake at 350° for 55 minutes or until bread tests done. Cool 10 minutes in pan before removing to a wire rack.

APRICOT CHEESE LOAF

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 350 degrees F (175 degrees C). Grease one 9x5x3 inch loaf pan.
• Pour boiling water over apricot pieces in a small bowl. Cool.
• In another bowl, combine flour, baking powder, soda, salt, and dates.
• In a large bowl, cream butter or margarine, cream cheese, and sugar. Beat in eggs, one at a time, until smooth. Stir in cooled apricots and water. Pour in flour mixture, and stir until moistened. Turn batter into greased 9x5x3 inch loaf pan.
• Bake at 350 degrees F (175 degrees C) for 1 hour, or until it tests done. Let stand 10 minutes. Remove from pan to rack. Cool.

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 LOAF

Steps:

• Soak apricots in hot tea for 1 hour till tea is absorbed.
• Preheat oven to 180 degrees.
• Grease and line loaf pan - 13cms x 25cms.
• With electric mixer, cream butter and sugar
• Add egg and beat well.
• Fold in flour and apricots.
• Spoon into prepared pan.
• Bake 40-45 minutes.
• Cool in tin for 5 minutes then turn onto wire rack to cool.

ORANGE & APRICOT LOAF CAKE

Steps:

• Heat oven to 160C/140C fan/gas 3. Grease and line a 900g loaf tin with baking parchment. In a saucepan, heat the apricots with the orange zest and all but 1 tbsp of the juice. Simmer gently for 5 mins until the apricots have absorbed all the juice. Set aside to cool.
• Beat the butter and sugar in a bowl until light and fluffy. Gradually beat in the eggs, then fold in the flour. Stir in the cooled apricots. If the mixture is dry at this stage, add a drop of milk.
• Scrape the batter into the tin and smooth the top with a spatula. Bake for 50 mins-1 hr until a skewer inserted into the middle comes out clean. Cool in the tin for 10 mins before removing, then leave on a wire rack to cool completely.
• Gradually add the reserved orange juice to the icing sugar, stirring until smooth and slightly runny. Drizzle the icing in a zigzag pattern over the top of the cake and leave to set.

APRICOT LOAF

Steps:

• Grease a 7'x3'x2' loaf tin.
• Pour a (250ml) cup of boiling water over fruit, sugar and butter.
• Add the eggs and flour.
• Pour into the loaf tin and bake in a moderate oven for about 45 minutes.