A Lemon Loaf Morning!

Nothing says "good morning" like LEMONS! Yesterday was a picture-postcard perfect sunny spring day (albeit windy), and to pick up spirits even more, I baked a very yummy, lemony loaf "cake". A big thanks to Brenda at http://secret-agent-josephine.com for sharing her great grandmother's recipe - it was AWESOME!

Lemon Loaf *makes two loaves

2 cups sugar
1 1/2 sticks melted butter
4 eggs
1 cup milk
3 cups flour
4 tsp. baking powder
1 tsp. salt
grated rind of 2 lemons

glaze: juice of 2 lemons, plus 1 1/2 Tbl. sugar

Preheat oven to 355.  Mix sugar, butter, eggs, milk, flour, baking powder, salt and lemon rind (I combined the batter after each addition). Pour into two greased loaf pans.  Bake for 45 minutes. Mix together juice of 2 lemons and 1 1/2 Tbl. sugar. Pour lemon mixture over piping hot loaves and serve!

Regan was sooooo excited she got to "help" me make these: she carefully helped grate the lemon rinds and crack the eggs. And of course, she can always be counted on to do a little taste-testing! I will definitely be making this again; lemons are full of sunshine and happiness!