Best 5 Lemon Nut Bread Recipes

DATE-NUT BREAD WITH LEMON

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 350?F. Butter and flour 9 x 5 x 3-inch loaf pan. Combine dates and 3/4 cup boiling water in medium bowl. Let stand until just cool, about 15 minutes.
• Sift flour, baking soda, salt and cinnamon into small bowl. Beat butter in large bowl until smooth. Gradually beat in sugar, then egg, lemon juice and lemon peel. Mix in dry ingredients in 3 additions alternately with date mixture in 2 additions. Stir in pecans. Transfer batter to prepared pan.
• Bake bread until tester inserted into center comes out clean, about 55 minutes. Cut around pan sides; turn bread out onto rack. Cool completely. (Can be prepared 1 day ahead. Wrap in foil and store at room temperature.)

LEMON-MACADAMIA NUT BREAD

Steps:

• Heat oven to 350°F. Grease bottom only of 9x5-inch loaf pan with shortening.
• In large bowl, beat all ingredients except 1/4 cup sugar and the lemon juice with electric mixer on medium speed 30 seconds, scraping bowl constantly. Pour into pan.
• Bake 55 to 65 minutes or until toothpick inserted in center comes out clean.
• Immediately poke holes in top of bread about 1 inch apart, using long wooden pick. In small bowl, mix 1/4 cup sugar and the lemon juice; drizzle evenly over top of bread. Cool bread in pan 10 minutes. Loosen sides of bread from pan; remove from pan to cooling rack. Cool completely, about 1 hour, before slicing.

LEMON GLAZED NUT BREAD

Steps:

• Heat oven to 350F. Combine sugar and butter in large mixer bowl. Beat at medium speed, scraping bowl often, until creamy. Add eggs, one at a time, beating well after each addition. Add lemon juice and lemon peel; continue beating until well mixed. (Mixture will look curdled.) Combine flour, baking powder and salt in small bowl. Add alternately with milk to butter mixture, beating well after each addition. Stir in pecans by hand. Pour into 3 greased (5 1/2 x 3-inch) mini loaf pans. Bake for 35 to 45 minutes or until toothpick inserted in center comes out clean. Meanwhile, combine sugar and 2 tablespoons lemon juice in small bowl. Poke holes in top of warm bread with toothpick; drizzle glaze evenly over top of breads. Let stand 10 minutes; remove from pans. Cool completely.

LEMON NUT BREAD

Steps:

• Heat oven to 350 F. 1. Blend shortening and sugar, add eggs, one at a time, beating after each addition. Stir in lemon rind. 2. Mix dry ingredients together in a bowl. Alternately add sifted dry ingredients and milk. Do not over mix. Stir in nuts. Spread into a prepared loaf pan. 3. Bake in a moderate oven for about one hour. Then let stand for about 5 minutes in the pan. Remove loaf to cake rack, standing it upright. 4. Mix sugar and lemon juice and spread over top of loaf with a pastry brush until all of topping is absorbed.

LEMON-MACADAMIA NUT BREAD

Steps:

• Heat oven to 350°F. Grease bottom only of 9x5-inch loaf pan with shortening.
• In large bowl, beat all ingredients except 1/4 cup sugar and the lemon juice with electric mixer on medium speed 30 seconds, scraping bowl constantly. Pour into pan.
• Bake 55 to 65 minutes or until toothpick inserted in center comes out clean.
• Immediately poke holes in top of bread about 1 inch apart, using long wooden pick. In small bowl, mix 1/4 cup sugar and the lemon juice; drizzle evenly over top of bread. Cool bread in pan 10 minutes. Loosen sides of bread from pan; remove from pan to cooling rack. Cool completely, about 1 hour, before slicing.