The Best Glazed Moist Lemon Bread Recipe
This pound-cake-like quick bread with fresh lemons has been baked for many years in my home and it’s one of my son’s most requested recipes! It is the perfect sweet treat for after a weeknight meal as well as a very special dessert for guests or special occasions!
Ingredients
Lemon Bread
- 1/2 cup butter 113 grams
- 1 cup sugar 200 grams
- 2 eggs
- 2 Tablespoons lemon juice
- 1 Tablespoon lemon zest
- 1 1/2 cups all-purpose flour 180 grams
- 1 teaspoon baking powder
- 1/2 teaspoon salt
- 1/2 cup milk 120 grams
Lemon Glaze
- 2 to 4 Tablespoons of lemon juice More for those of us who love more glaze
- 1 to 2 cups powdered sugar
Instructions
- Preheat oven to 350 degrees.
- In a mixing bowl using a spoon, cream butter and sugar until all sugar is incorporated into the butter.
- Then beat in eggs, lemon juice and zest.
- In separate bowl, combine flour, baking powder, and salt.
- Add dry ingredients to creamed ingredients alternately with milk, stirring just until combined. Do not overmix.
- Pour into buttered (or sprayed with baking spray) 8-inch x 4-inch bread pan.
- Bake at 350 degrees for 45 minutes until knife inserted in center comes out clean. Or an internal temperature of 200 degrees F.
- Make glaze by whisking powdered sugar into lemon juice until smooth. Remove bread from pan and drizzle with glaze.