Another gray day = need a little sunshine = make something lemony.
Is there anything as zesty-sunny as a lemon?
Bright, shiny, yellow on the outside, and when you cut into one — you cannot help but smile at that happy, citrusy smell.
I had a bowlful of lemons on my island, a little time on my hands, and I reeeally wanted to cut one open and take a big deep breath of lemony goodness, so I decided to make a quick lemon bread.
Isn’t that just pretty?
And that is just happy. And yummy.
Here’s the recipe in case you need a little dose of sunshine yourself.
Recipe of the Week: Glazed Lemon Bread
Author: adapted from BigOven
Recipe type: dessert
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Serves: 8-10
Sweet, tart, moist lemon bread with a soaked-in lemony glaze
Ingredients
- 1½ c. flour
- 1 tsp. salt
- 1 c. sugar
- Zest of one lemon
- 1 T. baking powder
- ½ c. milk
- 2 eggs, beaten
- ½ c. melted butter
- Juice from one large lemon
- ½ tsp. vanilla extract
- Glaze:
- Juice from one large lemon
- ¼ c. sugar
Instructions
- Preheat oven to 350 degrees.
- Spray bottom of a 9×5″ loaf pan with cooking spray, sprinkle in some flour and tap off excess.
- Whisk the flour, salt, sugar, lemon zest and baking powder in a large bowl.
- In a medium bowl, beat eggs with milk, butter, lemon juice and vanilla.
- Add egg mixture to the dry ingredients and stir until just combined.
- Scrape batter into loaf pan and bake until golden brown and set in the center, about 45-50 minutes (use a wooden skewer inserted into center to test doneness; bread is finished when skewer comes out clean).
- For the glaze, heat the lemon juice and sugar in a small saucepan over medium heat until sugar is dissolved.
- After removing bread from the oven, use a wooden skewer to poke holes in the hot bread, piercing all the way to the bottom.
- Slowly drizzle glaze over the bread several times, allowing time between bastings for glaze to soak in.
- Let bread cool in the pan for 20 minutes until glaze is set, then remove from pan and let cool completely on a rack.
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Looks yummy!;)
Your recipe looks so good! I love lemons.. the color, the smell, and I use the zest all the time in cooking. You’ve got some great recipes here! I’ll subscribe via email and look forward to reading more.
leslie
Thank you Leslie — I’m right there with you on the lemons! So happy to have you as a subscriber!