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By Heather Sneed
With my boys back in school, I thought it would be a nice treat (and of course incentive to get them out of bed) to bake this Lemon Bread. I ran across this recipe in my “A Decade of Cooking – The Costco Way” cookbook – do you have any of these? Costco typically hands out a new cookbook the day after Thanksgiving each year and they are great!
My boys are huge fans of lemon cakes and breads – I couldn’t resist – and they LOVED it.
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Lemon Bread
Makes 1 loaf
Recipe courtesy of “A Decade of Cooking – The Costco Way”
1 1/2 cups all-purpose flour
1/2 teaspoon salt
1 teaspoon baking powder
6 tablespoons butter, softened
1 cup sugar
2 eggs
1/2 cup milk
Grated peel and juice of 1 lemon
1/4 cup chopped walnuts (recipe suggests this or poppy seeds, I chose walnuts)
1/2 cup confectioners’ sugar
Preheat oven to 350 degrees F. Grease and flour a 9-by-5-inch loaf pan.
In a large bowl, cream butter, sugar, and eggs together until light and fluffy, Add milk alternating with the flour mixture in 2 parts; mix well. Stir in grated lemon peel and walnuts.
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).
Heather loves to cook, entertain, plan parties, and of course - drink champagne. She is excited to share her planning tips, party ideas, and favorite recipes. Growing up, she watched her mom cook, bake, and throw great parties, so she’s sure her interest in cooking and entertaining came from her mom. Being a wife and a mommy, her party style ranges from birthday parties for little ones to elegant cocktail parties for the grown ups. Her plans include a combination of her own ideas coupled with those from others. You'll find that her recipes leave some room for experimentation - she doesn’t usually make the same dish exactly the same way twice - She loves to try different things!
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