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DELICIOUS ALMOND QUICK BREAD

Servings 8 people per loaf

Ingredients

For The Quick Bread

  • 4 cups all-purpose flour
  • 2 TBS baking powder
  • 1 tsp salt
  • 2 cups white granulated sugar
  • 2 large eggs
  • 2 cups milk any kind
  • 2/3 cups vegetable oil
  • 1 TBS almond extract

For Glaze

  • 2 cups confectioner's sugar
  • 2-4 TBS milk
  • 1/4 tsp almond or vanilla extract
  • 1/2 cup sliced, toasted almonds

Instructions

Prep For Quick Breads

  • Preheat the oven to 350 °.
  • Grease two 1-pound loaf pans and make parchment paper slings for each pan and set aside

For The Quick Bread

  • Sift the dry ingredients into a large bowl and set aside.
  • In a mixer, add the eggs and sugar. Mix on medium-high until incorporated and a light yellow color, about 3 minutes
  • Mix the dry ingredients into the wet ingredients, adding a third at a time.
  • Mix until just combined.
  • Pour half of the batter into each of the pans.
  • Bake for about 50 minutes, until a toothpick inserted in the center of the loaves, comes out clean.
  • Remove the pans from the oven to a wire rack. Cool for 15 minutes and remove the Almond Quick Bread from the pans and pull off the parchment slings.
  • Cool completely on a wire rack.

For The Glaze Drizzle

  • Mix 2 cups of confectioner's sugar with 2 TBS of milk in a medium bowl. Add more milk if the glaze is too stiff.
  • Stir in the extract to the glaze.
  • The glaze should look like thick pancake batter.
  • Drizzle the glaze on the top of the bread until it is completely covered.
  • Sprinkle the almonds over the top of the bread.
  • Let it sit until the glaze has hardened.
  • Cut and enjoy!