Grape Bread Recipe with Currants & Nuts

I made this loaf on a whim. My girls love grapes. I think it might even be there favorite fruit! I had currants that remained from my Irish Soda Bread recipe from March so I thought those would add an extra sweetness. This recipe was adapted from Green Black Red, Recipes for Cooking and Enjoying California Grapes. 

It’s a fantastic cookbook filled with all sorts of clever ways of using grapes in recipes. I made a few. Today I’m sharing their “Grape and Cranberry Tea Bread” with my tweaks. 

The Grape Bread Recipe

 

 

Grape Bread Recipe with Currants & Nuts

 

Prep time: 20 mins

Cook time: 45 mins

Total time: 1 hour 5 mins

Serves: 8

This recipe makes 2 bread loaves. They freeze very well so be sure to store one in the freezer to enjoy later!

Ingredients

• 2 1/2 cups All-Purpose Flour
• 3/4 cups sugar
• 1 tablespoon baking powder
• 1 teaspoon salt
• 1/4 cup vegetable oil
• 1 cup sour cream (I used lowfat.)
• 1/4 milk (I used 1%)
• 1 egg, beaten
• 2 teaspoons of grated lemon zest
• 1/2 cup grapes, halved – looks best with red or black
• 1/2 cup currants
• 1/2 cup walnuts, chopped

Instructions

1. Preheat oven to 350 degrees.
2. Spray 2 loaf pans with cooking spray.
3. In a large bowl, combine the flour, sugar, baking powder, and salt.
4. Add the wet ingredients – oil, sour cream, milk, egg and lemon zest.
5. Stir gradually.
6. Fold in the grapes, currants and walnuts.
7. Our the batter into the two pans. Bake for 40-45 minutes. Check with a toothpick in the center to be sure it is cooked.
8. Cool for 5 minutes, then turn over pans and allow to cool completely on a cooling rack.

 

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Necessary Cooking Tools

• 2 loaf pans 

• Mixing Bowl

• Cooling Rack