Lemon Bread

With my boys heading back to school, I thought it would be a nice treat (and of course incentive to get them out of bed) to bake this Lemon Bread.  I ran across this recipe in my “A Decade of Cooking – The Costco Way” cookbook – do you have any of these?  Costco typically hands out a new cookbook the day after Thanksgiving each year and they are great! 

My boys are huge fans of lemon cakes and breads – I couldn’t resist – and they LOVED it. 

Lemon Bread

Makes 1 loaf

Recipe courtesy of "A Decade of Cooking - The Costco Way"

1 1/2 cups all-purpose flour

1/2 teaspoon salt

1 teaspoon baking powder

6 tablespoons butter, softened

1 cup sugar

2 eggs

1/2 cup milk

Grated peel and juice of 1 lemon

1/4 cup chopped walnuts (recipe suggests this or poppy seeds, I chose walnuts)

1/2 cup confectioners' sugar

Preheat oven to 350 degrees F.  Grease and flour a 9-by-5-inch loaf pan.

In a large bowl, cream butter, sugar, and eggs together until light and fluffy, Add milk alternating with the flour mixture in 2 parts; mix well.  Stir in grated lemon peel and walnuts.

Pour the batter into the prepared loaf pan.  Bake for 60 minutes or until a toothpick inserted in the center comes out clean.  Let the bread cool in the pan for 5 minutes.

Mix together lemon juice and confectioners' sugar to make a glaze.  Remove the bread from the pan.  Pour the glaze over the warm bread (poking holes in the bread first will make it absorb more of the glaze).