Lemon Summer Squash Bread

Lemon Summer Squash Bread

Don’t let the name of this delightful, citrus-ey bread fool you.  Lemon Summer Squash Bread is a quick bread for all seasons.   

I first made this bread last summer when my garden was overflowing with yellow squash.  The loaf pictured here is made with zucchini.  Both varieties of squash are completely interchangeable in recipes, so don’t feel like you have to use one over the other just because of the name of this one.  (However, I did find that the yellow squash version was a bit more moist than the zucchini–but just a bit.)

Lemon Summer Squash Bread (a la Lemon Zucchini Bread) has a cake-like texture that holds up well when picked up and eaten.  That said, just tonight, my husband put a slice on a plate and plopped a scoop of ice cream over it, eating it with a fork.

Either way, you will fall in love with the sweet zing the lemon glaze gives this bread, a treat you’ll enjoy any time of the year!

Lemon Summer Squash Bread

March 11, 2017

by Pam

Category Breads and Quick Breads

Ingredients

• 1 cup melted butter
• 2 1/4 cups sugar
• 1/4 cup plus 2 Tb lemon juice
• 2 tsp lemon zest
• 3 eggs
• 3 cups flour
• 1 tsp salt
• 1 tsp baking soda
• 1 tsp baking powder
• 2 1/2 cups grated summer squash (or zucchini)
• 1/2 cup powdered sugar
• 3 tsp lemon juice

Instructions

1. Preheat oven to 350 degrees. Spray and flour two loaf pans.
2. Combine sugar, lemon juice and zest in a mixing bowl. Add the melted butter and combine.
3. Add eggs one at a time and beat until the batter is light and fluffy.
4. Combine dry ingredients in separate bowl, then stir lightly into batter.
5. Add grated squash and mix until just combined.
6. Divide the batter between two pans. Smooth tops with a spatula.
7. Bake at 350 degrees for 50 - 60 minutes.
8. Remove from pans. Cool.
9. Make glaze with powdered sugar and lemon juice. (Can add 1 Tb. butter, if desired.) Add water to thin if necessary. Glaze tops of bread.

Tags

lemon quick bread,

lemon zucchini bread,

yellow squash quick bread