Description
My mother makes this recipe every winter when her lemon tree had ripe fruit. A wonderful gift for friends and neighbors during the Christmas season.
Ingredients
- ¼ cup butter, softened
- ¾ cup white sugar
- 2 eggs
- 2 teaspoons grated lemon peel
- 2 cups all-purpose flour
- 1 teaspoon salt
- 2 ½ teaspoons baking powder
- ¾ cup milk
- ½ cup chopped walnuts
- 2 tablespoons white sugar
- 2 teaspoons lemon juice
Instructions
- Preheat oven to 350 degrees F (175 degrees C). Lightly grease 1 9×5 inch loaf pan.
- In a large bowl
- cream together the butter and 3/4 cup sugar until light and fluffy. Stir in the eggs one at a time
- beating well with each addition
- then stir in the lemon peel. In a separate bowl
- sift together the flour
- salt and baking powder.
- Blend the flour mixture into the egg mixture
- alternately with the milk; stir just to combine. Fold in the nuts; mixing just enough to evenly combine. Pour batter into prepared loaf pan.
- Bake in preheated oven for 50 to 55 minutes
- until a toothpick inserted into center of loaf comes out clean.
- In a small bowl
- dissolve 2 tablespoons sugar in the lemon juice. After loaf has cooled for 10 minutes
- spoon glaze over loaf.
Prep Time: 15 mins
Cook Time: 55 mins
Total Time: 1 hr 10 mins
Servings: 12