Lemon Bread (Johnny Cash's Mother's Recipe)

Johnny Cash was my husband's cousin and I was lucky enough to obtain a cookbook of Johnny's mother's recipes titled, "Favorite Recipes From Mama Cash's Kitchen." I've been asked to post some of the recipes from the book and this is one of them.

• Ready In: 1 hr 20 mins
• Yields: 1 loaf

Ingredients

• 1⁄2 cup butter, cut up
• 1⁄2 cup sugar
• 1  lemon, rind of, grated
• 2  eggs
• 2  cups all-purpose flour
• 1⁄2 cup lemon juice (about 2 lemons)

Directions

1. Place butter and sugar in bowl; beat with electric mixer until creamy.
2. Add lemon rind, then eggs (one at a time), beating hard after each addition.
3. Stir in lemon juice.
4. Sift about 1/3 of the flour into the lemon mixture and beat well.
5. Add remaining flour and beat well.
6. Pour into greased, floured pan and bake at 350 degrees for 50-60 minutes.
7. Turn out to cool.