Old-Fashioned Lemon Bread
It’s gotten cold and I’m craving all things baked and of comfort. I was craving some lemon bread and english tea one afternoon last week…so I made this. I made a large single loaf, but I’ve also made 4 small mini loaves as well and gave them out to friends. It’s the hospitable southern thing to do. You must use lemon zest. I didn’t have any and just used what I had…the lemon juice in a bottle. It wasn’t quite as lemony. This bread is not super sweet…which I liked. I’ve also made Barefoot Contessa’s Lemon Yogurt Cake…which is also divine!
Bread:
1 1/2 cups all-purpose flour
1 cup sugar
1 teaspoon baking powder
1/2 teaspoon salt
1/2 cup milk
1/2 cup oil
1 1/2 teaspoons lemon or key lime zest or to taste
2 eggs
Lemon Glaze:
4 1/2 tablespoons lemon juice
1/3 cup sugar
Combine flour and next 3 ingredients in a large bowl. In a small bowl, beat together eggs and next 3 ingredients. Stir egg mixture into dry ingredients until just blended. Pour batter into a greased and floured 5×9 inch loaf pan. Bake at 350 for 40-45 minutes or until a toothpick comes out clean. While bread bakes, prepare lemon glaze by combining lemon juice and sugar in a small pan. Cook over medium heat, but reheat when ready to use. When baked, remove bread from oven but leave in pan. While still hot, use a long skewer to poke holes to the bottom of the bread. Slowly drizzle hot glaze over top of bread. Cool in pan on a rack for 10 minutes. Turn out of pan and cool completely. Serve at room temperature.
Then enjoy with your girl’s and an impromptu tea party!
Yummy! I love this recipe. I have that book and it has been a long time since I've made this. Thanks for reminding me how much I love it!
OH MY DEAR…I WISH I HAD THIS TO GO WITH MY CUP OF TEA !
I WILL MAKE THIS ON SATURDAY OR SUNDAY.
YUM*
YUMM!!!! It's a cold, rainy day here today…think I'll surprise my sweet family with this tonight!!
Thanks for sharing!
Blessings!
Jill
That looks delicious! Perfect timing too.
I love lemon pound cake. This sounds a lot like it. Where do I get lemon zest? Dummy baker here never heard of it! 😉
That looks mighty tasty! I printed out the recipe and am going to try it out. Thanks so much for posting this!
That looks good!
Oh, this looks divine! I l-o-v-e lemon bread! 🙂
I think I just might have to make this tonight.
Mmm! Gotta make this.
Sherri S., lemon zest is the yellow part of the peel. I'm assuming you don't have a zester, but a grater will do. (I've even used a knife to shear off that part–just the yellow, not the white–then minced it. I know; that's a lazy person's method, but it worked!)
lemon bread is super yummy if you add blueberries to the mix…..
TexNan,
Thanks for answering Sheri S's lemon zest question…i just used the teeny tiny side of my grater.
Mzzterry, I'll have to try the blueberries…mmm.
Oh wow – I love anything lemon and that looks wonderful. Thanks so much for the recipe!
XOOX
Jen
oh that looks good!