Lemon Bread is so easy to make and bursting with lemon flavor. It has a sweet lemon glaze on top of the moist bread and is perfect for any time of the day.
Why You'll Love This Lemon Bread
- Bright lemon flavor: Fresh lemon gives the bread a sunny citrus taste in every slice.
- Soft and tender: It bakes up moist and fluffy with a deliciously delicate crumb.
- Easy to make: Simple ingredients and straightforward steps make it great for beginner bakers.
- Perfect any time of day: Enjoy a slice for breakfast, an afternoon snack, or dessert.
Try some of other lemon recipes: Lemon Cheesecake Bars, Frozen No Bake Citrus Pie, or Copycat Starbucks Lemon Bread.
Ingredients for Lemon Bread
- All-Purpose flour
- Baking powder
- Salt
- Granulated sugar
- Sour cream
- Canola oil
- Eggs
- Vanilla extract
- Lemon juice
- Lemon zest
- Powdered sugar
Top Tips
- Bread will keep in an airtight container on your countertop for up to 5 days. Do not place into the refrigerator, as it will make it dry out.
- If you find the lemon flavor to be too intense, you can cut back some on the zest or the lemon glaze.
- Do not overmix the batter, as it can make the bread more dense.
- If you want to make this a gluten-free bread, switch out the all-purpose flour for your gluten-free flour.
How to make Easy Lemon Bread
- Preheat oven to 350 degrees. Prepare your 9x5" bread loaf pan with floured spray or parchment paper.
- In a large bowl, whisk flour, salt, and baking powder.
- In another bowl, mix sour cream, oil, sugar, lemon juice, lemon zest, eggs, and vanilla.
- Combine wet and dry ingredients until just mixed. Do not overmix or the bread may become too dense.
- Spread the batter evenly into your prepared pan.
- Bake in preheated oven 50-60 minutes, or until golden brown and toothpick comes out clean. Remove and allow to cool about 20 minutes before removing the bread and placing it on a wire rack to continue cooling.
- Make your lemon glaze by whisking lemon juice and powdered sugar.
- Pour the glaze over the bread, once it is completely cool, then spread to cover.
- Allow to harden for 15-20 minutes and sprinkle more lemon zest on top, if wanted.
Lemon Bread
Lemon Bread is so easy to make and bursting with lemon flavor. It has a sweet lemon glaze on top of the moist bread and is perfect for any time of the day.
Ingredients
Lemon bread
- 1 ¾ cup all-purpose flour
- 1 teaspoon baking powder
- ½ teaspoon salt
- 1 cup granulated sugar
- 1 cup sour cream
- ½ cup canola oil
- 3 large eggs
- 2 teaspoon vanilla extract
- ¼ cup lemon juice
- 2 tablespoon lemon zest
Lemon glaze
- 1 cup powdered sugar
- 2-3 tablespoon lemon juice
Instructions
To make the lemon bread
- Preheat oven to 350 degrees. Prepare your 9x5" bread loaf pan with floured spray or parchment paper.
- In a large bowl, whisk flour, salt, and baking powder.1 ¾ cup all-purpose flour, ½ tsp salt, 1 tsp baking powder
- In another bowl, mix sour cream, oil, sugar, lemon juice, lemon zest, eggs, and vanilla extract.1 cup granulated sugar, 1 cup sour cream, ½ cup canola oil, 2 tsp vanilla extract, ¼ cup lemon juice, 2 tbsp lemon zest, 3 large eggs
- Combine wet and dry ingredients until just mixed. Do not overmix or the bread may become too dense.
- Spread the batter evenly into your prepared pan.
- Bake in preheated oven 50-60 minutes, or until golden brown and toothpick comes out clean. Remove and allow to cool about 20 minutes before removing the bread and placing it on a wire rack to continue cooling.
Make the lemon glaze
- Make your lemon glaze by whisking lemon juice and powdered sugar.1 cup powdered sugar, 2-3 tbsp lemon juice
- Pour the glaze over the bread, once it is completely cool, then spread to cover.
- Allow to harden for 15-20 minutes and sprinkle more lemon zest on top, if wanted.
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