Lemon Bread

Ingredients

• 1 ½ cups flour
• 1 ¼ cup sugar
• 1 tsp baking powder
• 1 tsp lemon rind, grated
• 1 tsp salt
• ½ cup milk
• ⅓ cup butter, melted
• ¼ tsp lemon extract
• 2 eggs
• 3 tsp lemon juice

Directions

Blend butter and 1 cup sugar, beat in eggs, and add extract. Sift dry ingredients together and add to egg mixture alternately with milk. Fold in lemon peel, pour into a greased loaf pan and bake at 325 for 50 minutes. Mix lemon juice with ¼ cup sugar and spoon over hot loaf. Cool at least 10 minutes and remove from pan. Bread freezes well.