Mom's Lemon Tea Loaf Recipe

Ah yes...another rainy day....Lots of inside  moments where I can witness this:

My big boy and my man - sharing a story (Star Wars of course!)

Rainy weather is the perfect time to do some baking.  

I love to bake.  It is real therapy for me.

My dear husband laughs at me - I can be having the worse day EVER, feeling overwhelmed and incapable of completing the regular tasks of the day. And instead of crashing onto the couch into a ball of cry,  I pull out my KitchenAid mixer, a bag of flour and I am off to the races.  My sadness and anger disappears and my family benefits from my new found mood - and some delicious cookies or loaves. 

The recipe I share with you today is an old fave from my childhood. My mother was/is a passionate baker, too.  I don't think I ever ate a store-bought cookie in  the first 10 years of my life - why would I when there was so much home-baking being done in our home.  

Preheat your oven to 325 degrees.  

In a large bowl, mix together:

2 1/2 cups all purpose flour

1 tsp. baking powder

1/2 tsp. salt

1 cup white sugar

Zest the peel of 1 lemon and cut it into teeny-tiny pieces.

In a smaller bowl, whisk together:

5 tbsp. softened butter

2 eggs

 1 cup milk

Lemon zest

Mom's recipe doesn't call for these additional ingredients, but I stirred in 1/2 cup of dried cranberries and 1/2 cup lemon flavoured baking chips.

*** EDITED TO ADD - I purchased my lemon baking chips came from the BULK BARN.  

Mix the wet ingredients into the dry.  Stir only to combine the textures. Do not over-stir or you'll end up with a tough loaf. 

Grease or line a loaf pan and spoon in the batter. 

Level it with the back of a spoon.

Bake the loaf for 50-60 minutes at 325 degrees. 

While the loaf bakes, make the glaze.

 Glaze:  Stir together 1/3 cup sugar and the juice from 1/2 the lemon.

Once the loaf is baked, remove it from the oven and poke the top surface with the tines of a fork.  

Drizzle the glaze over the top of the bread.  

Get ready to enjoy!!

I hope you give this recipe a try.  Let me know how it goes if you do!!

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