Linda's Lemon Bread

Name: Linda's Lemon Bread
Cuisine: American
Ingredients: 1 cup vegetable oil; 2 cups white sugar; 4 eggs; 3 cups all-purpose flour; 1/2 tsp baking soda; 1/2 tsp salt; 1 cup buttermilk; 1 cup chopped pecans or walnuts (optional); 2 tbsp fresh lemon zest; Topping:; 1 cup sugar; 1/2 cup lemon juice

lindschap @lindschap

North Carolina, United States

Linda's Lemon Bread

lindschap @lindschap

North Carolina, United States

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Ingredients

1 cupvegetable oil
2 cupswhite sugar
4eggs
3 cupsall-purpose flour
1/2 tspbaking soda
1/2 tspsalt
1 cupbuttermilk
1 cupchopped pecans or walnuts (optional)
2 tbspfresh lemon zest
Topping:
1 cupsugar
1/2 cuplemon juice

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Steps

1

Preheat oven to 350°
2

With a hand mixer, beat oil and sugar together. Add slightly beaten eggs and mix thoroughly
3

Mix together flour, baking soda, and salt
4

Beat into mixture, alternating with buttermilk until smooth
5

Stir in chopped nuts and lemon zest
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Spoon into 9"x5" bread pans and bake for 1 hour
7

Cool slightly then remove from pans
8

Heat topping ingredients in a small saucepan over medium heat until sugar is completely dissolved
9

Place loaves on a piece of foil and use a skewer to poke holes into the bread for topping to soak through nearly to the bottom
10

Pour topping over bread and cool completely. Wrap with cling film and store in refrigerator or freezer