Lemon Bread

By Hklbrries

Ingredients

• 1 1/2 cups all-purpose flour
• 1/2 tsp salt
• 1 tsp baking powder
• 6 tbsp butter, softened
• 1 cup sugar
• 2 eggs
• 1/2 cup milk
• Grated peel and juice of 1 lemon
• 1/4 cup poppy seeds (or chopped walnuts)
• 1/2 cup confectioners' sugar

Preparation

Step 1

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

Whisk together flour, salt and baking powder.

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

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).