Ingredients

• Bread
• 1 1/2 cups all-purpose flour
• 1/2 teaspoon salt
• 1 teaspoon baking powder
• 6 tablespoons butter, softened
• 1 cup sugar
• 2 eggs
• 1/2 cup milk


• Glaze
• grated peel and juice of 1 lemon
• 1/4 cup poppy seeds (or chopped walnuts)
• 1/2 cup confectioners' sugar

Directions

Bread

Preheat oven to 350° F. Grease a 9 x 5-inch loaf pan using cooking spray or butter.

In a medium mixing bowl, whisk together flour, salt and baking powder. Set aside.

In an electric mixer bowl (Note: You can also simply mix by hand), add butter, sugar and eggs and beat until light and fluffy. Add half of flour mixture and briefly mix at low speed until blended. Add milk then briefly mix again at low speed until blended. Add remaining with flour mixture and mix until and blended and smooth. Add grated lemon zest and poppy seeds and mix on low speed until thoroughly combined.

Pour the batter into the greased loaf pan. Bake for 50-60 minutes, or until a toothpick inserted into the center of bread comes out clean. Let the bread cool in the pan for 5 minutes. While bread slightly cools, prepare Lemon Glaze (recipe follows).

Remove the bread from the pan and place on a work surface. If desired, poke holes in the top of bread with a toothpick to allow glaze to seep into bread. Drizzle Lemon Glaze over top and sides of bread.

Glaze
In a small mixing bowl, whisk together lemon juice and confections' sugar until all lumps are gone.