Key Lime Bread

Yield: 2 loaves

Ingredients

Bread

• 2/3 cup butter
• 2 cups granulated sugar
• 4 large eggs, slightly beaten
• 2 tablespoons Key lime juice
• 2 tablespoons lime zest
• 1 teaspoon vanilla extract
• 3 cups all-purpose flour
• 2 1/2 teaspoons baking powder
• 1 cup milk
• 1 teaspoon salt
• 1 cup chopped walnuts

Glaze

• 2 tablespoons Key lime juice
• 2/3 cup granulated sugar

Instructions

1. Grease 2 loaf pans. Heat oven to 350 degrees F.

Bread

1. Cream butter and sugar. Add the eggs and beat well.
2. Pour in juice, zest and vanilla extract. Combine well; set aside.
3. In another bowl, combine flour, baking powder and salt.
4. Add a little of the milk into the dry mixture, then a little of the creamed mixture, alternating until all are combined.
5. Add walnuts and mix to form a batter.
6. Divide batter into 2 pans and bake for 50 to 60 minutes until brown.

Glaze

1. Mix juice and sugar and spoon over the bread after baking. Wrap.
2. Slice into 24 thin slices.