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Lemon Thyme Bread Recipe

I created this fabulous spring quick bread to satisfy my love of all things lemon and to use up some fresh herbs from my garden. I was quite pleased with the results and think you will be, too. —Deanna Smith, Des Moines, Iowa

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Diabetic Friendly

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Lemon Thyme Bread Recipe

Prep: 20 min. Bake: 35 min. + cooling

Yield: 12 Servings

20 35 55

Ingredients

1-3/4 cups all-purpose flour
3/4 cup sugar
1/2 teaspoon baking soda
1/4 teaspoon salt
1 egg
1 cup buttermilk
1/4 cup canola oil
2 tablespoons minced fresh thyme or 2 teaspoons dried thyme
1 tablespoon lemon juice
2 teaspoons grated lemon peel
1/4 cup pine nuts, optional
DRIZZLE:
1/2 cup confectioners' sugar
1 tablespoon lemon juice

Directions

In a large bowl, combine the flour, sugar, baking soda and salt. In a small bowl, whisk the egg, buttermilk, oil, thyme, lemon juice and lemon peel. Stir into dry ingredients just until moistened.
Transfer to a greased 8-in. x 4-in. loaf pan. Sprinkle with pine nuts if desired. Bake at 350° for 35-40 minutes or until a toothpick inserted near the center comes out clean. Cool for 10 minutes before removing from pan to a wire rack.
In a small bowl, whisk confectioners' sugar and lemon juice; drizzle over warm bread. Yield: 1 loaf (12 slices).

Nutritional Facts 1 slice (calculated without pine nuts) equals 191 calories, 5 g fat (1 g saturated fat), 18 mg cholesterol, 129 mg sodium, 33 g carbohydrate, 1 g fiber, 3 g protein. Diabetic Exchanges: 2 starch, 1 fat.

Originally published as Lemon Thyme Bread in Taste of Home's Holiday & Celebrations Cookbook Annual 2011, p152