Recipe for cooking basil onion bread

Quick Meals- Soups and Bread :: Savory Quick Breads

Basil Onion Bread

1 lrg. Spanish onion, qt.ered
1/2 C. plus 2 Tbsp. canola oil
2 C. unbleached flour
1 Tbsp. baking powder
1 tsp. salt
1 tsp. baking soda
2 lrg. green onions with tops, chopped
1 Tbsp. basil leaves
3 eggs
1/4 C. sugar
1/4 C. buttermilk
2 Tbsp. cider vinegar

Grease and flour a 12 x 4-in. bread pan. Preheat oven to 325 degrees F.

Chop onion; heat oil in saucepan. Add onion and simmer for 20 min.

Mix together flour, baking powder, salt and soda in bowl. Mix.

Mix together cooked onion, green onion and basil in bowl; blend. Add eggs and sugar and mix for one min. Add buttermilk and vinegar and blend. Add dry ingredients and blend until flour is incorporated. Scrape bowl down once. Spoon batter into pan and spread evenly. Bake until loaf is brown, about 40 to 45 min.

Cool in pan 10 min. Turn out on wire rack to cool.

Makes approximately 1 loaf.