Author Notes: I’ve been baking my Lebanese Grandma’s Easter (yeast) Bread for years. I love taking a small disc shaped loaf to work for lunch with grapes (something delicate about the flavor combo). Soooo… I thought I’d get creatively lazy and use my other Grandma’s Zucchini Bread recipe to incorporate all the flavors in one recipe.
This is a Quick Bread!! so it’s fast and easy!
Ground Mahleb,Mastic(gum), Rose and Orange Blossom Waters are available at your local Middle Eastern Market. —thirteenJ
Makes: 1 loaf
Ingredients
Dry ingredients
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3
cups flour
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2/3
cup sugar
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1/4
cup ground flax seed (optonal)
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1/2
teaspoon salt
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1
teaspoon baking soda
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1/2
teaspoon grated nutmeg
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1/4
teaspoon baking powder
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2
teaspoons ground mahleb
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1/8
teaspoon mastic pebbles, grind with a pinch of sugar in mortar/pestle
wet ingredients and Grapes
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3
eggs
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1/2
cup oil (vegetable or other suitable for baking)
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1/2
cup plain yogurt
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1 1/2
ounces Rose water
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1 1/2
ounces Orange Blossom water
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1
cup seedless red grapes….halved
Directions
- Combine and whisk together all dry ingredients
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Except for the Grapes!
Combine all other wet ingredients…stir just enough to mix - Mix dry and wet ingredients by hand just enough to combine. (It will be a stiff batter!)
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Spread batter into greased, buttered, sprayed 8 x 10 pan.
Bake in a preheated 350f oven for 40 minutes . - Let this bread cool and serve at room temperature