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Reviewed: Oct. 26, 2009
When grading the lemon, I let the juice run in to add more lemon flavor. I added chocolate chips instead of nuts! The resipe made 8 mini loafes :)
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Reviewed: Oct. 8, 2009
I think some reviewers didn't read the recipe properly- the lemon juice is for the glaze, not the bread. The zest (rind) is for the bread. I really enjoyed this bread, the glaze is fabulous! I will make again and double the rind amount- I didn't find the bread to have enough lemon flavor to it. Thanks for the recipe!
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Reviewed: Oct. 6, 2009
Like other reviewers suggested, I added more lemon juice (2/3rds of a cup) and increased the flour by 2 tbsp. Very lemony flavour and a very dense, moist bread, I did have to bake mine longer though. I skipped the glaze too. One small detail that is missing in the directions...it does not say WHEN to add the lemon juice, I added it after I creamed the shortening/sugar and eggs and BEFORE the adding the milk, otherwise that much lemon juice would have curdled the milk instantly. Good recipe and thanks for providing it!
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Reviewed: May 17, 2009
Good but not fantastic. The glaze melts. I made it a second time and waited til the bread cooled before added the glaze. Still, the glaze did not harden (like icing). Will try another recipe from this site.
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Reviewed: Apr. 13, 2009
I doubled the recipe and made one loaf and 12 muffins. I agreed with a previous reviewer that the bread was baked in about 45 minutes. I added the juice of 1/2 lemon to the batter. I also used powdered sugar to make an icing instead of a glaze. Still gives that "lemony" kick without being sticky.
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Reviewed: Feb. 23, 2009
I thought this was a very good lemon bread; however, next time I will definitely add more lemon zest to the batter and I think a glaze made with powdered sugar would be better (this kind turned out way too runny for me). With some tweaking I think this could be a great recipe for lemon bread.
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Reviewed: Feb. 17, 2009
Turned out very well. The lemon I had was small/medium and so I used two instead of one. This added a more lemon note which my family enjoyed. I also used confectioner sugar for the glaze instead of white sugar. The final piece was beautiful and very moist. Note: This could be outstanding with a thicker icing instead of just the lemon sugar glaze.
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Reviewed: Jan. 28, 2009
Great recipe! I added more lemon zest, and used confectioners sugar to make a frosting instead of the glaze. It turned out great.
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Reviewed: Jan. 22, 2009
Very, very, good! I just had a slice of this and it has such a tangy lemon flavor (what I was looking for), although I atribute that mostly to the glaze (I used juice of 2 lemons & added slightly more than 1/2 cup sugar), but overall taste is yummy! I too also added extra lemon zest and used butter instead of shortening. Mine was also ready at 45 min (could've even taken it out at 40 as the sides & bottom were a little overdone). Question: should it have risen even to the 9x5 pan? Mine rose about 1/2 inch at it's highest point from the initial batter height. Still good, will make again!
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Reviewed: Nov. 24, 2008
why anybody would want to ingest shortening I don't know. Shortening is disgusting as there is nothing remotely healthy or tasty about it to me, someone who puts his health first. However this recipes got a lot of reviews and I needed to bake something for a friend. I siubbed the shortening for butter. The bread did not rise however previously I have had this experience baking banana bread and I believe the cause is not creaming the butter and sugar FIRST then adding the eggs one at a time, not as it is written above (creaming sugar, butter and eggs together). Could the reason also be because the baking powder might have expired?
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Reviewed: Nov. 2, 2008
I've made this recipe twice now and it's fabulous! I double the zest to add extra lemoniness (is that a word??), and also poked holes in the cake so that the glaze would soak in. I also subbed butter for the shortening, used half whole wheat flour and used poppy seeds instead of walnuts. I DID try it with walnuts once, and it wasn't as good as with the poppy seeds - plus only white flour isn't as good as the half whole-wheat. Maybe both walnuts and poppy seeds would be nice? Sooooo good with a cup of warm tea in the evening once your kitchen's all clean!!
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Reviewed: Jul. 6, 2008
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.
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Reviewed: Apr. 7, 2008
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.
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Reviewed: Nov. 19, 2007
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).
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Reviewed: Sep. 23, 2007
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!
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The reviewer gave this recipe 4 stars. This recipe averages a 4.46 star rating.
Reviewed: Jun. 28, 2007
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.
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Reviewed: Jun. 5, 2007
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.
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Reviewed: Apr. 18, 2007
Poke hole in top of bread and drizzle lemon juice and icing sugar over top once bread has cooled.
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Reviewed: Apr. 2, 2007
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.
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Reviewed: Mar. 13, 2007
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!
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