More of a cake than a bread. It did not have any lemon flavor (except for the topping). I love lemon, so I was very dissapointed. I will not make this again.

At first I was a bit disappointed because, while the glaze was very lemony, the bread itself wasn't that lemony. But on the second and third day, it grew on me. I too traded poppy seeds for nuts. I made one with all purpose flour and white sugar, as the directions said, and one with whole wheat flour and brown sugar, just to see how it would come out. I gave the white one away and kept the brown for myself. The brown one rose more than the white one. I think 60 minutes is too long. Even cooking 2 loaves at once, the edges of the white loaf, which was in a metal pan, seemed a bit burnt. The brown loaf was cooked in a glass pan and did not burn. Both of them came apart a tiny bit when I took them out of the pan.

I love this bread! My mom used to make it when I was little. (Mom's recipe uses 1/3 c marg.) It's almost more like a cake than bread. I like to make it in mini loaf pans so the glaze can really get into each bite (poking holes is also helpful).

This turned out great! I made mine with whole wheat flour and Smart Balance instead of the shortening and it still turned out ALMOST perfect. It was a little dry around the corners, but really good still. I might bake it for 50-55 minutes next time instead of the full hour. I added the juice of half a lemon to the bread batter to make it more lemony, and used powdered sugar for the icing. Really good and I don't have to feel guilty about eating it with the modifications that I've made!

This bread wasn't at all bad. It just wasn't very lemon-y. I even substituted lemon juice for some of the milk and added extra lemon zest. I poked holes all over to let the glaze (which was amazingly good and why I gave this 4 stars instead of 3) soak in and that helped some but the bread itself didn't have much lemon flavor even after the changes I made. My kids liked it tho.

Pretty good. I used a small handful of dried cranberries (which I softened with water in the microwave) instead of walnuts. It worked well enough. I'm not a big fan of nuts. The cranberries make it pretty much a breakfast / dessert bread. The glaze is so simple, but so good.

Poke hole in top of bread and drizzle lemon juice and icing sugar over top once bread has cooled.

I followed the recipie as is (except for reducing the cooking time to 50 min) and it turned out great. I poked some holes in the loaf too before adding the glaze.

Soooooo good! I think I have made this 6 times since I found the recipe! Everyone loves it, and my husband is requesting it again today. I bake it in 3 mini loaf pans. I also microwave the lemon juice to melt all the sugar before pouring the glaze on top. Yum!

This was definitely easy to make, and while I'm not a huge lemon fan, my guests that ate it really enjoyed it. Like others, I traded out the nuts for poppy seeds. I'll definitely make this again since everyone that ate it seemed to enjoy it.

This was so easy to make, and so delicious and moist. To put the glaze on, I poured it on and used a basting brush to spread it around. Then I poured the extra glaze back into the bowl of glaze; it worked out really well. I took advice from two other reviews, the one that poked holes in the bread before putting on the glaze, and the one that used salted butter instead of shortening and left out the salt.

Holy moly, this is good! No complaints here...thanks, Gwynne!

Excellent! I purchased a new bread pan from my favorite cooking store and this christened it. I was not disappointed! I omitted the walnuts but otherwise made to recipe. Outstanding. What is nicer than a slice of glazed lemon bread and a cup of tea? Thanks :)

Very good- just what I looking for.

VERY, VERY GOOD!!

Perfect for an afternoon tea time. However, 60 min in the oven was really too long. It should be closely watched after 50 min. I added extra lemon zest and mandarin orange zest instead of nuts - it adds a pretty orange bits in the bread. delicious!

Very moist and tasty. I love that it is made with real lemon instead of flavour in a bottle. I look forward to trying it again with a little more zest and some poppy seeds.