Lemon Loaf

I realize that it's not Sunday. I was visiting family on the weekend and I ran out of time to make a new recipe on Sunday, so 'New Recipe Tuesday' will have to do for this week.

In honor of the relatives I was visiting, I choose to make a recipe from a book that they gave me a couple of years ago for Christmas. This '4-h favorites' book has a recipe for everything, and even has variations of the same recipe (which is great if you are wanting to experiment...but not experiment too much). Greatest cookbook you could ever have!

Lemon Loaf
1/2 c butter, margarine, or shortening
1 c sugar
2 eggs
1/2 c milk
1 1/2 c flour
1 tsp baking powder
1/2 tsp salt
1 lemon rind, grated

Glaze
1/4 c lemon juice
1/2 c sugar

In a large bowl, cream butter and sugar. Beaat in eggs gradually. Blend in milk. In second bowl, stir together flour, baking powder, salt and lemon rind. Pour over batter. Stir to moisten. Spoon into greased loaf pan. Bake at 350C for 40-60 minutes until inserted toothpick comes out clean.

To prepare glaze: Combine lemon juice and sugar in small saucepan. Heat and stir to dissolve sugar. Evenly spoon over hot loaf. Cool in pan 10 minutes. Remove from pan. Cool and wrap. Yields 1 loaf.

This loaf was delicious when it was still warm from the oven. The sugary glaze that gets poured over top is a great addition and makes it a very light, yet tangy-sweet, dessert bread.