Key Lime Bread

Name: Key Lime Bread
Ingredients: 2/3 cup butter, softened; 2 cups sugar; 4 large eggs, room temperature; 2 tablespoons grated lime zest; 2 tablespoons Key lime juice; 1 teaspoon vanilla extract; 3 cups all-purpose flour; 3 teaspoons baking powder; 1 teaspoon salt; 1 cup whole milk; 1 cup chopped walnuts; 2/3 cup confectioners' sugar; 1 to 2 tablespoons Key lime juice

13 ingredients

4 steps

Ingredients

2/3 cup butter, softened
2 cups sugar
4 large eggs, room temperature
2 tablespoons grated lime zest
2 tablespoons Key lime juice
1 teaspoon vanilla extract
3 cups all-purpose flour
3 teaspoons baking powder
1 teaspoon salt
1 cup whole milk
1 cup chopped walnuts
2/3 cup confectioners' sugar
1 to 2 tablespoons Key lime juice

Directions

1

Preheat oven to 350°. In a large bowl, cream butter and sugar until light and fluffy. Beat in eggs. Beat in lime zest, juice and vanilla. Combine flour, baking powder and salt; gradually add to creamed mixture alternately with milk, beating well after each addition. Fold in walnuts.
2

Transfer to 2 greased 9x5-in. loaf pans. Bake 50-55 minutes or until a toothpick inserted in center comes out clean. Cool 10 minutes before removing from pans to wire racks.
3

Combine confectioners' sugar and enough lime juice to reach desired consistency; drizzle over warm bread. Cool completely.
4

Do not make glaze. Securely wrap cooled loaves in foil, then freeze. To use, thaw at room temperature. Prepare glaze as directed.