Lemon Bread

Lemon Bread Ingredients

• 1 1/4 cups flour
• 3/4 cup sugar
• 2 Tbsps baking powder
• 1/4 tsp salt
• 1 egg, beaten
• 1 cup milk
• 1/4 cup cooking oil, or 1/4 cup butter melted
• 2 tsps finely shredded lemon peel
• 1 Tbsp lemon juice
• 1/2 cup chopped almonds or walnuts (optional)
• 2 Tbsps lemon juice (optional)
• 1 Tbsp sugar (optional)
  

Preheat oven to 350. Grease 8x4x2-inch loaf pan; set aside. In a medium bowl combine flour, the 3/4 cup sugar, baking powder, and salt. Make well in center of flour mixture; set mixture aside. In another medium bowl combine the egg, milk, oil, lemon peel, and the 1 Tbsp lemon juice. Add egg mixture all at once to flour mixture. Stir just until moistened (batter should be lumpy). Fold in nuts. Spoon batter into prepared pan. Bake for 50-55 minutes or until a wooden toothpick inserted near center comes out clean. If desired, in a small bowel stir together the 2 Tbsps lemon juice and the 1 Tbsp sugar. While bread is still in the pan, brush lemon-sugar mixture over the top of the loaf. Cool in pan on a wire rack for 10 minutes. Remove from pan. Cool completely on wire rack. Wrap and store overnight before serving.

1 Loaf Makes 16 servings, 126 calories per slice