Joyce's Fantastic Lemon Easter Bread recipe

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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

Nutrition Info

283.5 calories
carbohydrate: 50.4 g
cholesterol: 43.2 mg
fat: 4.5 g
fiber: 1.6 g
protein: 8.2 g
saturatedFat: 2.1 g
servingSize: -
sodium: 34.4 mg
sugar: 11.3 g
transFat: : -
unsaturatedFat: : -

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.

Recipe Yield

3 round loaves

Recipe Note

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!

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