Lemon Loaf With Pistachios

Total Time: 1 hr 10 mins Preparation Time: 15 mins Cook Time: 55 mins

Ingredients

• 1 1/4 cups all-purpose flour
• 1 teaspoon baking powder
• 1/2 teaspoon salt
• 1 cup coarsely chopped shelled pistachios
• 1/2 cup unsalted butter, at room temperature
• 1 1/4 cups granulated sugar
• 2 eggs
• 1 teaspoon vanilla
• 2/3 cup milk

Recipe

• 1 preheat oven to 350°f.
• 2 lightly oil or spray a 9 x 5 inch (2l) loaf pan.
• 3 in a medium size bowl, using fork, stir baking powder with flour and salt.
• 4 grate peel from lemon and stir into flour mixture.
• 5 chop nuts (coarsely).
• 6 in a large bowl, using an electric mixer, beat butter until smooth (medium speed).
• 7 beat in 1 cup of sugar gradually until well mixed (2 minutes).
• 8 beat in milk, eggs, vanilla.
• 9 with wooden spoon, stir in flour mixture until batter is moist.
• 10 stir in nuts.
• 11 do not overmix.
• 12 scrape batter into prepared loaf pan and smooth top.
• 13 bake in centre of oven until deep golden brown, approximately 55 - 65 minutes.
• 14 squeeze 3 tablespoons of juice from lemon into small bowl. add 1/4 cup sugar.
• 15 poke holes in loaf when removed from oven.
• 16 drizzle or glaze 1/2 lemon glaze over hot loaf.
• 17 cool in pan 10 minute then run knife around inside of pan to loosen loaf.
• 18 remove from pan and carefully adjust loaf so that it is upright and evenly glaze remaining glaze over top.
• 19 this is good either warm or room temperature.
• 20 may cool completely, wrap in plastic, then foil.
• 21 will keep at room temperature 1 day; refrigerated up to a week or freeze up to 2 months.