Lavender Bread

[COOK TIME: 50 MIN]

Ingredients

3/4 cup milk
3 tablespoons finely chopped fresh lavender
6 tablespoons butter, softened
1 cup white sugar
2 eggs
2 cups all-purpose flour
1 1/2 teaspoons baking powder
1/4 teaspoon salt

Directions
Preheat the oven to 325 degrees F (165 degrees C).
Grease and flour a 9x5 inch loaf pan.
Combine the milk and lavender in a small saucepan over medium heat.
Heat to a simmer, then remove from heat, and allow to cool slightly.
In a medium bowl, cream together the butter and sugar until smooth.
Beat in the egg until the mixture is light and fluffy.
Combine the flour, baking powder, and salt; stir into the creamed mixture alternately with the milk and lavender until just blended.
Pour into the prepared pan.
Bake for 50 minutes in the preheated oven, or until a wooden pick inserted into the crown of the loaf comes out clean.
Cool in the pan on a wire rack.

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Wonderful cake-like consistancy

very sweet and vibrant lavender flavor

add a few pinches of suger over the top before placing in the oven

for a cracked sugar crust