Saturday 21 May 2016

Rhubarb Streusel Bread

If you need a quick and easy recipe to use up that rhubarb in your garden you must try this one. This tender bread has a sweet crunchy topping and great rhubarb taste.




Bread
1 cup sugar
1/2 cup butter, softened
1/3 cup orange juice
1 tablespoon orange zest
2 eggs
2 cups all-purpose flour
1 teaspoon baking powder
1/4 teaspoon baking soda
1/4 teaspoon salt
3 stalks (1 1/2 cups)
fresh rhubarb, sliced into 1/4-inch pieces


Streusel
4 tablespoons sugar
4 tablespoons firmly packed brown sugar
2 tablespoon all-purpose flour
2 tablespoon butter, melted
2 teaspoons ground cinnamon
½ chopped walnuts

Heat oven to 350ºF. Grease and flour 8x4-inch loaf pan; set aside.

Combine 1 cup sugar and 1/2 cup butter in bowl. Beat at medium speed, scraping bowl often, until creamy. Add orange juice and eggs; beat at low speed just until mixed. (Mixture will look slightly curdled.) Stir in flour, orange zest, baking powder, baking soda and salt just until moistened. Gently stir in rhubarb. (Batter will be thick.)

Reserve 1 1/2 cups batter. Spread remaining batter into prepared pan.

Combine all streusel ingredients in bowl; stir until mixture resembles coarse crumbs. Sprinkle half of streusel over batter in pan; gently press into batter. Carefully spread reserved batter into pan; top with remaining streusel. Press streusel into batter.

Bake 65-70 minutes or until toothpick inserted in centre comes out clean. Cool 10 minutes; remove from pan.
Link to Recipe: Rhubarb Streusel Bread




Combine 1 cup sugar and 1/2 cup butter in bowl. Beat at medium speed, scraping bowl often, until creamy. Add orange juice and eggs; beat at low speed just until mixed.

 Mixture will look slightly curdled.
Stir in flour, orange zest, baking powder, baking soda and salt just until moistened. Gently stir in rhubarb
Batter will be thick

Gently stir in rhubarb
Combine all streusel ingredients in bowl; stir until mixture resembles coarse crumbs. Sprinkle half of streusel over batter in pan; gently press into batter. Carefully spread reserved batter into pan.

Top with remaining streusel. Press streusel into batter. Bake 65-70 minutes or until toothpick inserted in centre comes out clean

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