Taste of Home
Lemon Bread
TOTAL TIME: Prep: 10 min. Bake: 40 min. + cooling
YIELD: 1 loaf (12 pieces).
I often bake this sunshiny-sweet lemon bread when company's due. It has a loaf-like texture. —Kathy Scott, Lingle, Wyoming
Ingredients
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1/2 cup butter, softened
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1 cup sugar
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2 large eggs, room temperature
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1 tablespoon grated lemon zest
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2 tablespoons lemon juice
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1-1/2 cups all-purpose flour
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1 teaspoon baking powder
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1/8 teaspoon salt
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1/2 cup 2% milk
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GLAZE:
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1/2 cup confectioners' sugar
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2 tablespoons lemon juice
Directions
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1.
Preheat oven to 350°. In a large bowl, cream butter and sugar until light and fluffy, 5-7 minutes. Beat in eggs, lemon zest and juice. Combine flour, baking powder and salt; gradually stir into creamed mixture alternately with milk, beating well after each addition.
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2.
Pour into a greased 8x4-in. loaf pan. Bake until a toothpick inserted in the center comes out clean, 40-45 minutes. Cool in pan 15 minutes before removing to a wire rack. Combine glaze ingredients; immediately drizzle over bread. Serve warm.
Nutrition Facts
1 piece: 228 calories, 9g fat (5g saturated fat), 52mg cholesterol, 143mg sodium, 35g carbohydrate (22g sugars, 0 fiber), 3g protein.
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