Holy Bread with Grapes

By thirteenJ • October 7, 2012 • 2 Comments

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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

Dry ingredients

3 cups flour
2/3 cups sugar
1/4 cup ground flax seed (optonal)
1/2 teaspoon salt
1 teaspoon baking soda
1/2 teaspoon grated nutmeg
1/4 teaspoon baking powder
2 teaspoons ground mahleb
1/8 teaspoon mastic pebbles, grind with a pinch of sugar in mortar/pestle

wet ingredients and Grapes

3 eggs
1/2 cup oil (vegetable or other suitable for baking)
1/2 cup plain yogurt
1 1/2 ounce Rose water
1 1/2 ounce Orange Blossom water
1 cup seedless red grapes....halved

Combine and whisk together all dry ingredients
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!)
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