Description
I was looking for a lemon bread recipe and found several. After several revisions this is the best tasting and moist bread I came up with; it has variations of flavors.
Ingredients
- 1 ½ cups white sugar
- 1 cup applesauce
- ¾ cup vegetable oil
- 3 eggs
- 1 ½ teaspoons dried lemon peel (such as Penzey’s)
- 1 teaspoon lemon extract (Optional)
- ¾ cup milk
- 2 ½ cups all-purpose flour
- 1 ½ teaspoons baking powder
- ¾ teaspoon salt
- ½ cup white sugar
- 1 tablespoon water, or as needed
- ½ teaspoon lemon extract (Optional)
Instructions
- Preheat oven to 325 degrees F (165 degrees C). Grease a loaf pan.
- Stir 1 1/2 cups sugar
- applesauce
- oil
- and eggs together in a bowl; add lemon peel and 1 teaspoon lemon extract. Pour milk into applesauce mixture and stir.
- Whisk flour
- baking powder
- and salt together in a bowl. Add flour mixture to applesauce mixture; stir until well-combined. Pour batter into prepared loaf pan.
- Bake in the preheated oven until toothpick inserted in the center of the loaf comes out clean
- about 75 minutes. Let bread rest in the pan for 10 minutes before removing to a wire rack to cool.
- Whisk 1/2 cup sugar
- water
- and 1/2 teaspoon lemon extract together in a saucepan over medium heat until sugar is melted and has a thick glaze consistency
- 1 to 2 minutes. Poke several holes in the top of the warm bread and brush glaze over loaf.
Prep Time: 15 mins
Cook Time: 1 hr 15 mins
Total Time: 1 hr 30 mins
Servings: 12