Recipe: Cinnamon Apple Tea Bread with Honey Glaze (using herbal tea)

CINNAMON APPLE TEA BREAD WITH HONEY GLAZE

1 1/4 cups boiling water
4 Lipton soothing moments cinnamon-apple herbal tea bags
1/2 cup raisins
1/2 cup honey
2 tablespoons margarine or butter
1 egg
3 cups all-purpose flour
1 tablespoon baking powder
1/2 teaspoon salt
1/2 cup chopped walnuts or pecans
FOR THE HONEY GLAZE:
2 tablespoons honey
1/2 cup confectioners' sugar

Preheat oven to 350 degrees F. Grease and flour a 9x5x3-inch loaf pan.

In a teapot, pour boiling water over tea bags; cover and steep 5 minutes. Remove tea bags and reserve 2 tablespoons tea.

In a large bowl, pour remaining tea over raisins, 1/2 cup honey, and margarine, and cool completely; beat in egg; set aside.

In medium bowl, combine flour, baking powder, and salt. Gradually add to tea mixture, blending well after each addition. Stir in walnuts. Turn into prepared loaf pan.

Bake 1 hour or until bread tests done. On a wire rack, cool 10 minutes; remove from pan and cool completely before glazing.

TO MAKE THE HONEY GLAZE:
In a small bowl, gradually add enough reserved tea and honey to confectioners' sugar until desired thickness; drizzle over bread.

Makes 1 loaf
Source: Lipton