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Ingredients

16 squares
  1. 1/3 cupvegetable oil
  2. 3/4 cupor 100g raw pistachios
  3. Zest of 2 lemons
  4. 1 3/4 cupor 220g all purpose flour
  5. 3/4 cupwhite granulated sugae
  6. 2 tspbaking powder
  7. 1/2 tspsalt
  8. 5 tbspolive oil
  9. 1/2 cupwater
  10. For Icing:
  11. 7 tbsplemon juice (2 for the loaf, 5 for icing)
  12. 2 cupsicing sugar

Cooking Instructions

  1. 1

    Prepare oven to 325 degree F, and get a square pan lined with parchment paper ready.

  2. 2

    Peel and chop pistachios, and set aside 2 tablespoons for garnish.

  3. 3

    In a bowl, combine all the dry ingredients- lemon zest, flour, granulated sugar, baking powder, salt and chopped pistachios.

  4. 4

    Pour in olive oil (if no olive oil, can substitute with vegetable oil), the 2 tbsp lemon juice, vegetable oil and water into the dry ingredients. Mix well but don’t overmix (over mixing will make the loaf become really tough).

  5. 5

    Pour the batter into your pan and bake for 35-40 minutes. (Adjust accordingly- depends on the pan size, pan material and oven). The loaf is cooked if you insert a toothpick and no wet batter appears. Let it sit in the pan for 10 minutes and then take it out and let it rest for 1hr on a wire rack for it to completely cool down (otherwise the icing will melt right off).

  6. 6

    Make the icing by combining the icing sugar to the remaining 5 tbsp of lemon juice. I ended up not using 5 tbsp because I like a thicker consistency for my icing. So make sure to not thin out the icing too much.

  7. 7

    Once the loaf has cooled completely, drizzle the icing on top and sprinkle the reserved pistachio bits on top! Cut into whatever portion you like and enjoy! :)

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