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Lemon Bread Recipe
An old-fashioned lemon bread recipe which creates a lemony pound cake like quick bread which is the perfect use for the lemons off your tree. Add a dollop of lemon curd to get that extra lemony taste.
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Lemon Bread Recipe
This is an old-fashioned recipe which has been handed down to me, once you taste it you will understand why!
Ingredients
Bread
- 150 grams butter
- 1 cup sugar
- 2 eggs
- 1½ cup flour
- 1 tsp baking powder
- ¾ cup sour cream
- the rind of 2 lemons
Glaze
- ½ cup lemon juice
- ⅓ cup sugar
Instructions
- Preheat oven to 175 C. Prepared loaf tin by greasing it well and flouring it. I like getting a crispy edge so don't line with paper but if you are worried about it sticking , line it with baking paper.
- Cream butter and sugar together, add eggs
- Alternate between flour/baking powder mixture and sour cream and mix until just combined.
- Add peel of lemons – this will give it is great lemon flavour. Stir to work into batter
- Place in prepared loaf tin and bake in for 45 mins or until golden and skewer comes out clean.
- Once cooked, then run fork on edges and tap the top of tin to loosen the bread . Set aside and prepare glaze
Glaze
- Combine lemon juice and sugar in small saucepan. Heat over med heat to create a syrup.
To assemble
- Pour glaze over the bread in loaf tin and let stand 10 mins to soak in. Sprinkle with icing sugar and lemon curd to serve.
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To make the Lemon Honeycomb Pull Apart- lemon bread recipe and this cool Nordic ware pan. Really its all about the pan. It makes it easy to be impressive!
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