Food and Recipes Recipes Lemon Tea Bread Be the first to rate & review! Learn how to make Lemon Tea Bread. MyRecipes has 70,000+ tested recipes and videos to help you be a better cook. By Southern Living Test Kitchen Southern Living Test Kitchen The Southern Living Test Kitchen has been publishing recipes since 1970, four years after the first issue of Southern Living Magazine appeared on newsstands. The Southern Living Test Kitchen team includes a team of professionals with deep expertise in recipe development, from pastry chefs and grilling experts to nutritionists and dietitians. Together, the team tests and retests, produces, styles, and photographs thousands of recipes each year in the state-of-the-art test kitchen facility located in Birmingham, Alabama. Southern Living's editorial guidelines Updated on July 20, 2022 Print Rate It Share Share Tweet Pin Email Prep Time: 15 mins Bake Time: 1 hrs Total Time: 1 hrs 15 mins Yield: Makes 1 (8-inch) loaf Ingredients 1/2 cup butter, softened 1 cup granulated sugar 2 large eggs 1 1/2 cups all-purpose flour 1 teaspoon baking powder 1/2 teaspoon salt 1/2 cup milk 2 tablespoons lemon rind, divided 1 cup powdered sugar 2 tablespoons fresh lemon juice 1 tablespoon granulated sugar Directions Beat softened butter at medium speed with an electric mixer until creamy. Gradually add 1 cup granulated sugar, beating until light and fluffy. Add eggs, 1 at a time, beating just until blended after each addition. Stir together flour, baking powder, and salt; add to butter mixture alternately with milk, beating at low speed just until blended, beginning and ending with flour mixture. Stir in 1 tablespoon lemon rind. Spoon batter into greased and floured 8- x 4-inch loafpan. Bake at 350° for 1 hour or until a wooden pick inserted in center of bread comes out clean. Let cool in pan 10 minutes. Remove bread from pan, and cool completely on a wire rack. Stir together powdered sugar and lemon juice until smooth; spoon evenly over top of bread, letting excess drip down sides. Stir together remaining 1 tablespoon lemon rind and 1 tablespoon granulated sugar; sprinkle on top of bread. Lemon-Almond Tea Bread: Stir 1/2 teaspoon almond extract into batter. Proceed as directed. Rate it Print