Tasty Tuesdays!!!

Spring has sprung, Sisters!  The following recipe is a delightful and easy kick-off to our Tasty Tuesdays.  We hope this will encourage the sisters of Brownsville Ward to try new ideas in the kitchen and find new family favorites.

As it is spring, we'll start off with a light bread:

Lemon Tea Bread*(no tea included, that's just the name)

Prep takes 15 min., Bake for 1 hr.

Makes 1 8-inch loaf

Ingredients

• 1/2  cup butter, softened
• 1  cup granulated sugar
• 2  large eggs
• 1 1/2  cups all-purpose flour
• 1  teaspoon baking powder
• 1/2  teaspoon salt
• 1/2  cup milk
• 2  tablespoons lemon rind, divided
• 1  cup powdered sugar
• 2  tablespoons fresh lemon juice
• 1  tablespoon granulated sugar

Preparation

1. Beat softened butter at medium speed with an electric mixer until creamy. Gradually add 1 cup granulated sugar, beating until light and fluffy. Add eggs, 1 at a time, beating just until blended after each addition.
2. Stir together flour, baking powder, and salt; add to butter mixture alternately with milk, beating at low speed just until blended, beginning and ending with flour mixture. Stir in 1 tablespoon lemon rind. Spoon batter into greased and floured 8- x 4-inch loafpan.
3. Bake at 350° for 1 hour or until a wooden pick inserted in center of bread comes out clean. Let cool in pan 10 minutes. Remove bread from pan, and cool completely on a wire rack.
4. Stir together powdered sugar and lemon juice until smooth; spoon evenly over top of bread, letting excess drip down sides. Stir together remaining 1 tablespoon lemon rind and 1 tablespoon granulated sugar; sprinkle on top of bread.
5. Optional:  Stir 1/2 teaspoon almond extract into batter.

Remember, Sisters, if you're the first one to complete the recipe and send me pictures of your results, you can win a great kitchen prize!

On your mark. . .

Set. . .

GO!

*recipe submitted by Beth Anderson