Breakfast Lemon Loaf

Bright, Light and Delicious

Anyone else have a lemon tree that’s going absolutely insane right now? We’ve been giving bags away to friends and neighbors and still can’t keep up with this little tree of ours! From marinades to desserts, the lemon is the most versatile citrus around (if anyone’s asking me anyways!) and I’m very happy to say after a few attempts I’ve come up with the most amazing lemon loaf recipe that will have even the “I don’t like sweets” people asking for more! It’s bright, light and absolutely delicious, did I mention it’s EASY PEASEY LEMON SQUEEZEY to make?!

Ingredients:

-1 1/2 c all purpose white flour

-1/2 c vegetable oil

-1/2 vanilla almond milk

-3/4 c granulated sugar

-2 eggs

-1 tsp baking powder

-1 tsp vanilla extract

-1/8 tsp salt

-2 T lemon juice

-2 T freshly grated lemon zest

The Process:

1. Preheat oven to 350.

2. Spray 8x4 in loaf pan with oil or line with parchment paper.

3. Next, start by zesting the lemons into a small bowl. It took about 4 medium sized lemons to achieve the right amount of zest needed. Once zested, slice and juice lemons into a container* - careful of the seeds! Set aside.

*you most likely wont use all the juice for this recipe but it’s always good to have a little extra lemon juice on hand - we store ours in a mason jar.

4. With a stand or hand mixer, cream together oil and sugar until you start to see a consistent texture.

5. Add in eggs, vanilla, lemon juice and zest and beat until mixture is combined

6. In a separate bowl, mix together flour, baking powder and salt

7. Gently stir some of the flour mixture into creamed mixture and beat until combined. Once combined, pour some milk into mixture and, you got it, beat until combined. Continue this alternating process until all are in one bowl making sure the mix well after each addition.

8. Pour lemon loaf mixture into prepared pan and bake for 40-50 minutes or until toothpick comes out clean from center. Move to baking rack - cut and serve!

Optional Glaze:

-1/2 c powdered sugar

-1 T lemon zest

-2 T lemon juice

1. While loaf is finishing baking, mix all ingredients together until sugar dissolves

2. Once loaf is out of the oven and on the wire rack, drizzle glaze mixture over the top for a crystallized finish

The Bungalow Bandwagon

Follow us on Instagram for a behind the scenes look!