Mae regan's lemon bread
6 Servings
Ingredients
| Quantity | Ingredient | |
|---|---|---|
| 6 | tablespoons | Margarine |
| 1 | cup | Sugar |
| 2 | larges | Eggs |
| 1½ | cup | Flour |
| 2 | teaspoons | Baking Powder |
| ½ | cup | Milk |
| 1 | Lemon, rind and juice | |
| ½ | cup | Walnuts, ground fine (optional) |
Directions
Keywords: New England
Lightly oil a regular loaf pan. Cream margarine, sugar and eggs together. Add dry ingredients alternately with milk and finely grated lemon rind. Add walnuts.
Bake in a 325 F oven for about 45 minutes. Remove from oven and prick top of bread all over with a toothpick.
Glaze top with a mixture of ⅓ cup sugar and the lemon juice.
For lemon-poppy seed muffins, add about ½ cup poppy seeds to batter (or more!). Bake in large muffin tins at 400 F about 20 minutes or until golden brown. Glaze as above.
Source: Yankee, April 1993; Provided by Eleanor Lundy Shared by: Norman R. Brown