Old-fashioned Lemon Bread

Total Time: 1 hr 5 mins Preparation Time: 15 mins Cook Time: 50 mins

Ingredients

• Servings: 12
• 1 1/2 cups flour
• 1 cup sugar
• 1 teaspoon baking powder
• 1/2 teaspoon salt
• 2 eggs
• 1/2 cup milk
• 1/2 cup salad oil
• 1 1/2 teaspoons grated lemons, rind of
• 4 1/2 tablespoons lemon juice
• 1/3 cup sugar

Recipe

• 1 grease and flour-dust a 4 1/2 by 8 1/2-inch loaf pan; preheat oven to 350°.
• 2 in a large bowl, stir together flour, sugar, baking powder, and salt; in a small bowl, beat eggs with milk, oil and lemon peel.
• 3 add egg mixture to flour mixture; stir just until blended and spread batter in prepared loaf pan.
• 4 bake until a wooden pick inserted in the center comes out clean, about 45-50 minutes; meanwhile, prepare lemon glaze.
• 5 using a long wooden skewer, poke numerous holes in hot bread, piercing all the way to the bottom.
• 6 slowly drizzle hot glaze over bread; let cool in pan on a wire rack for 15 minutes then remove from pan and let cool completely on rack.
• 7 lemon glaze: in a small pan, combine lemon juice and sugar; stir over medium heat until sugar is dissolved.