John is addicted to everything Starbucks and I've been on a copy-cat recipe kick... which has turned into the perfect combination in our house! (If you take a peek at my Pinterest, you'll see an accumulation of tons of knock-off recipes that I'm just itching to try. So there will most definitely be more knock-off recipe posts!)
I found this absolutely delicious recipe on On Sutton Place (which is a delightful cooking blog) and had to try it. I've added a few tweaks (but mostly because Ann's recipe was for mini-loafs, and I made a gigantic one). When I made it, I doubled it and sent one loaf in with John to his command. We had just moved into our temporary apartment (because yes, we are moving so very shortly) and needed a microwave. One of John's coworkers offered to trade a basically new microwave for another loaf of lemon bread.
No, I'm not joking, and yes, it really tastes that good!
You'll Need
Loaf:
- 1 1/2 cup flour
- 1/2 teaspoon baking powder
- 1/2 teaspoon baking soda
- 1/2 teaspoon salt
- 3 eggs
- 1 cup sugar
- 2 tablespoons softened butter
- 1 teaspoon vanilla
- 2 teaspoons lemon extract
- 1/3 cup lemon juice (I used freshly squeezed)
- 1/2 cup of oil
- zest of one lemon
Glaze:
- 1 cup powdered sugar
- 2 tablespoons milk
- 1/2 teaspoon lemon extract
- juice of 1/4 lemon
Directions:
- Preheat oven to 350.
- Combine flour, baking soda, baking powder and salt.
- In a mixing bowl combine eggs, sugar, butter, vanilla and lemon extracts, and lemon juice with the whisk attachment.
- Pour dry ingredients. into the wet. Blend smooth.
- Add oil and lemon zest. Mix well.
- Pour into 9x5 pan and bake for 45 min. or until an inserted toothpick comes out clean.
- Remove from oven and let cool.
- Combine glaze ingredients an
- Use a butter knife to gently loosen the edges of the loaf. Remove the bread and place on a wire rack (I had to bypass this because my wire racks are currently packed and ready for our PCS move.) Place a cookie sheet under the rack and pour glaze over loaf.
Cutting tip: The loaf cuts much better and cleaner when refrigerated.
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Jo