Lemon Bread

Lemon Bread

½ cup butter
1 1/4 cups sugar
2 eggs
1 1/4 cups flour
1 t. baking powder
1/4 t. salt
½ cup milk
½ cup finely chopped walnuts
2 t. lemon zest
1/4 cup lemon juice

Cream together the butter and 1 cup of the sugar. Add eggs and beat well.

Sift together the flour, baking powder and salt. Add to creamed mixture, alternating between dry ingredients and milk until everything is combined. Add walnuts and zest.

Pour batter into a buttered loaf pan. Place in a preheated 350-degree oven and bake for one hour.

Remove bread from oven. Using a skewer, poke holes in top of loaf.

Stir together the remaining sugar and the lemon juice. Pour the mixture over the hot bread. Allow bread to cool before slicing.