Old-Fashioned Lemon Bread
This is a wonderful bread that goes very well with tea. I like this recipe over other lemon bread recipes I've found because the glaze is allowed to saturate the bread all the way through.
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INGREDIENTS
Nutrition- 1 1⁄2cups flour
- 1cup sugar
- 1teaspoon baking powder
- 1⁄2teaspoon salt
- 2
- 1⁄2cup milk
- 1⁄2cup salad oil
- 1 1⁄2teaspoons grated lemons, rind of
Lemon Glaze
- 4 1⁄2tablespoons lemon juice
- 1⁄3cup sugar
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DIRECTIONS
- Grease and flour-dust a 4 1/2 by 8 1/2-inch loaf pan; preheat oven to 350°.
- In a large bowl, stir together flour, sugar, baking powder, and salt; in a small bowl, beat eggs with milk, oil and lemon peel.
- Add egg mixture to flour mixture; stir just until blended and spread batter in prepared loaf pan.
- Bake until a wooden pick inserted in the center comes out clean, about 45-50 minutes; meanwhile, prepare lemon glaze.
- Using a long wooden skewer, poke numerous holes in hot bread, piercing all the way to the bottom.
- Slowly drizzle hot glaze over bread; let cool in pan on a wire rack for 15 minutes then remove from pan and let cool completely on rack.
- Lemon Glaze: In a small pan, combine lemon juice and sugar; stir over medium heat until sugar is dissolved.
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