Leslie Ann Owen Recipe ⇒ Joyce's Fantastic Lemon Easter Bread

This recipe was developed by my good friend, Joyce. It was written for a bread machine, but I'm sure it could be adapted. Light bread with a wonderful lemon flavor! Try toasted...Yum!

Ingredients

• ¾ cup warm water (100 degrees F/38 degrees C)
• 2 tablespoons warm water (100 degrees F/38 degrees C)
• 2 tablespoons butter, softened
• 2 eggs at room temperature
• 2 tablespoons lemon extract
• 3 ½ cups bread flour
• ½ cup white sugar
• 1 tablespoon active dry yeast

Cooking Directions

1. Pour both amounts of warm water into a bread machine and add butter, eggs, lemon extract, bread flour, sugar, and yeast in the order recommended by the manufacturer. Select dough setting and start the machine.
2. Grease 3 8-inch round cake pans.
3. Remove dough when cycle is finished; cut dough into 3 equal-sized pieces. Roll each piece into a ball and place into a prepared cake pan; cover and let rise for 1 hour.
4. Preheat oven to 350 degrees F (175 degrees C).
5. Bake loaves in the preheated oven until lightly browned, 15 to 20 minutes.

Nutrition Facts

• calories283.5
• carbohydrateContent50.4 g
• cholesterolContent43.2 mg
• fatContent4.5 g
• fiberContent1.6 g
• proteinContent8.2 g
• saturatedFatContent2.1 g
• sodiumContent34.4 mg
• sugarContent11.3 g