Our Favorite Lemon Loaf




Ingredients

  • 1⁄2 cup butter or 1⁄2 cup margarine or 1⁄2 cup shortening (We prefer butter)
  • 1 cup sugar
  • 2 eggs
  • 1⁄2 cup milk, 2% is fine
  • 1 1⁄2 cups all-purpose flour
  • 1 teaspoon baking powder
  • 1⁄2 teaspoon salt
  • 1 lemon, rind of

Glaze:

  • 1 lemon, juice of
  • 1⁄4 cup sugar

DIRECTIONS

In a large bowl, cream butter and sugar.
Add eggs, one at a time, beating until creamy.
Blend in milk.
In another bowl, mix together flour, baking powder, salt and lemon rind.
Pour into batter.
Stir to moisten.
Scrape into greased 9 x 5 inch loaf pan.
Bake in 350f degree oven for 55 to 60 minutes.
Cool in pan for 5 minutes.
Remove to rack and while still hot, with a toothpick poke holes all over the top of the loaf, and spoon glaze evenly over.
Cool.
Glaze: Combine lemon juice and sugar in saucepan.
Stir and heat till sugar is dissolved.
Spoon evenly over top of hot loaf.

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