Lemon Ring Bread Recipes

LEMON BREAD

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 350°. In a large bowl, cream butter and sugar until light and fluffy, 5-7 minutes. Beat in eggs, lemon zest and juice. Combine flour, baking powder and salt; gradually stir into creamed mixture alternately with milk, beating well after each addition. , Pour into a greased 8x4-in. loaf pan. Bake until a toothpick inserted in the center comes out clean, 40-45 minutes. Cool in pan 15 minutes before removing to a wire rack. Combine glaze ingredients; immediately drizzle over bread. Serve warm.

LEMON BUBBLE BREAD

Steps:

• Combine 2 cups flour, 1/2 cup sugar, yeast, and salt in a large bowl of a stand mixer fitted with the paddle attachment.
• Heat milk, water, and 4 tablespoons butter in a medium saucepan over low heat until warm to the touch. Pour into the flour mixture; beat on low speed until just combined. Increase speed to medium; add eggs and beat for 2 minutes, scraping sides of the bowl occasionally. Gradually stir in up to 2 more cups flour, mixing until a soft dough forms.
• Turn dough onto a lightly floured surface and knead until smooth and elastic, about 10 minutes. Dough will be very sticky; use a scraper and add remaining flour only as needed. Shape dough into a ball and place in a large greased bowl; turn to coat. Cover with a towel and let rise in a warm, draft-free place until doubled in volume, about 1 hour.
• Punch down dough starting from the center, then pushing in the edges. Transfer onto a lightly floured surface and cut dough in half. Cover with a bowl and let rest for 15 minutes.
• Meanwhile, combine remaining 1/2 cup sugar, lemon zest, and mace in a small bowl. Melt 2 tablespoons butter in a small pan. Grease a 10-inch fluted tube pan with cooking spray.
• Cut each dough half into 16 pieces. Shape each piece into a ball by tucking ends under. Dip tops in melted butter and place half of balls in the tube pan; sprinkle with 1/2 of the lemon mixture. Repeat with remaining dough balls, butter, and lemon mixture. Cover with a towel; let rise in a warm place until doubled, about 45 minutes.
• Preheat the oven to 350 degrees F (175 degrees C). Place tube pan on a cookie sheet.
• Bake in the preheated oven until bread is golden and sounds hollow when lightly tapped, about 35 minutes. Cool in the pan for 5 minutes; remove and let cool on a wire rack.

LEMON BUBBLE BREAD

Steps:

• In large mixing bowl soak yeast with the 1 tsp sugar in the lukewarm water for 10 minutes.
• Scald milk; remove from heat and add salt, butter (first amount) and 1/2 cup sugar.
• Stir well and cool to lukewarm.
• Sift and measure flour.
• Add lukewarm milk mixture to risen yeast liquid along with 2 cups of the flour.
• Beat well, add eggs and beat well again.
• Add 3 1/2 cups more flour and beat as well as you can.
• Reserve remaining 1/2 cup flour for flouring the board later.
• Cover and let rise in a warm place for 1 hour or until double in bulk.
• Mix together in a small bowl, remaining 3/4 cup sugar, grated rind and mace.
• Punch down dough, turn out onto floured board and knead 100 times.
• Divide in half.
• Shape each half into an 18 inch long rope and cut into 18 pieces (to make 36 pieces total).
• Generously butter a large bundt pan.
• Shape pieces of dough into round smooth balls.
• Place in bottom of pan in rings.
• Before starting the next layer, brush each layer generously with melted butter and sprinkle with some of the sugar-rind mixture.
• End with melted butter and sugar- rind mixture.
• Let rise until above rim of pan.
• Bake in preheated 350F degree oven for 35-40 minutes.
• Watch to make sure top doesn't get brown too quikly.
• Cover with foil if necessary.
• Cool for 5 minutes.
• Loosen sides with a long knife and lift out of pan.

LEMON BALM BREAD

Steps:

• In a large bowl, cream the butter, sugar and lemon balm. Add eggs, one at a time, beating well after each addition. Combine the flour, baking powder and salt; add to creamed mixture alternately with milk. Stir in walnuts if desired and lemon zest. Pour into a greased 8x4-in. loaf pan. Bake at 350° for 50-60 minutes or until a toothpick comes out clean., In a small bowl, whisk the sugar, water and lemon juice; stir in lemon balm. Spoon over warm bread while still in the pan. Cool for 10 minutes before removing from pan to a wire rack to cool completely.

OLD-FASHIONED LEMON BREAD

Steps:

• Grease and flour-dust a 4 1/2 by 8 1/2-inch loaf pan; preheat oven to 350°.
• In a large bowl, stir together flour, sugar, baking powder, and salt; in a small bowl, beat eggs with milk, oil and lemon peel.
• Add egg mixture to flour mixture; stir just until blended and spread batter in prepared loaf pan.
• Bake until a wooden pick inserted in the center comes out clean, about 45-50 minutes; meanwhile, prepare lemon glaze.
• Using a long wooden skewer, poke numerous holes in hot bread, piercing all the way to the bottom.
• Slowly drizzle hot glaze over bread; let cool in pan on a wire rack for 15 minutes then remove from pan and let cool completely on rack.
• Lemon Glaze: In a small pan, combine lemon juice and sugar; stir over medium heat until sugar is dissolved.