Greek Yogurt Lemon Bread Modern Honey

We’ve been going CRAZY over lemons in our home.

One of my dear friends has lemon trees that are busting at the seams with fresh lemons and invited us over to pick them. We went a little nuts and now have more lemons than we know what to do with!

I wanted to create a lemon bread that could be wrapped and given as a thank you gift or served at breakfast.  My Grandma Faye loved anything lemon and always served such a moist, soft, and fluffy lemon bread. So I started a long recipe testing process in search of the best lemon bread.

Since butter adds the most flavor, I started with making a sweet lemon bread with all butter. The results were good and the bread was downright delicious but it lacked the moist texture I was after.  Next, we tried half butter and half oil. It was amazing to see how different the results were with such a little change. It was a huge difference maker in the texture. I still wanted to try one more thing — adding greek yogurt or sour cream to the bread to give it that extra tenderness. That was it! After making so many lemon loaves, we finally had the winner!

Let me introduce Greek Yogurt Lemon Bread.

The full-fat greek yogurt adds a tangy flavor and creamy texture to the bread. I tested the bread with the plain full-fat Fage yogurt but you could experiment with using the 0% or 2% fat varieties.

This sweet greek yogurt lemon bread can be eaten alone or with a glaze. I made a simple vanilla bean glaze and topped it with unsweetened coconut flakes. You can also make a lemon glaze and poke holes in the bread to let the simple syrup seep through it. Both recipes will be included down below so you can choose your favorite.

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TOPPING OPTIONS:

Vanilla Bean Glaze:

Lemon Glaze:

• Preheat oven to 350 degrees.

• In a medium bowl, cream together the oil, butter, and sugar for 3 minutes. Add the eggs and beat for 2 minutes longer. Add the yogurt, lemon juice, and lemon zest and beat until creamy.

• Add flour, baking powder, and salt and stir until incorporated.

• Pour the batter into a greased 8 x 4 inch loaf pan.

• Bake for 44-50 minutes or until toothpick comes out clean. Begin to check bread at 35-40 minutes.

• To make vanilla bean glaze:

• In medium bowl, beat butter, powdered sugar, lemon juice, cream, and vanilla until creamy. Add more cream or lemon juice depending on desired consistency.

• To make lemon glaze:

• In small saucepan, bring the sugar and lemon juice to a simmer and cook until the sugar has dissolved -- about 3 minutes. Poke holes in bread with toothpicks and drizzle lemon glaze over bread.

Nutrition information is automatically calculated, so should only be used as an approximation.

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