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    Best Lemon Loaf Bread

    Published: Aug 3, 2022 by Modern Honey · This post may contain affiliate links · 4 Comments

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    This moist Lemon Bread is even better than the Starbucks lemon loaf! This lemon loaf is made with fresh lemon juice, lemon zest, and lemon extract for an extra burst of lemon flavor. This is the best lemon bread recipe ever!

    This moist Lemon Bread is even better than the Starbucks lemon loaf! This lemon loaf is made with fresh lemon juice, lemon zest, and lemon extract for an extra burst of lemon flavor. This is the best lemon bread recipe ever!

    When I polled my Moder Honey readers out there about lemon recipes, you definitely made it known that you want more lemon recipes. This Starbucks lemon loaf was one of the top most requested recipes so I am super excited to share this lemon bread recipe with you. 

    This is seriously the best lemon loaf I have ever made in my life! And I have made a lot of lemon bread in my lifetime. 

    I played around with this recipe for a while and I wanted to get enough lemon flavor in the lemon loaf. So I experimented with just using freshly squeezed lemon juice and lemon zest. It had that fresh lemon flavor but it just wasn't enough. Then, I decided to add some lemon extract and that is what put it over the top. I love the sweet tanginess of this homemade lemon bread.

    This moist Lemon Bread is even better than the Starbucks lemon loaf! This lemon loaf is made with fresh lemon juice, lemon zest, and lemon extract for an extra burst of lemon flavor. This is the best lemon bread recipe ever!

    To make this copycat Starbucks lemon loaf extra moist like you find at Starbucks, I wanted to use three ingredients -- oil, butter, and sour cream. This is the trifecta of ingredients to make it stay extra moist and melt in your mouth.

    If you have been following me for a while, you know how much I love baking homemade cakes. Many of my homemade cake recipes use instant pudding mix. I love the texture it gives to cakes and makes this lemon bread almost taste like a lemon pound cake. It also adds a touch of lemon flavor, which is what we are going for!

    This moist Lemon Bread is even better than the Starbucks lemon loaf! This lemon loaf is made with fresh lemon juice, lemon zest, and lemon extract for an extra burst of lemon flavor. This is the best lemon bread recipe ever!

    Ingredients in Starbucks Lemon Loaf Recipe:

    • Butter
    • Oil
    • Sugar
    • Freshly Squeezed Lemon Juice + Lemon Zest
    • Lemon Extract
    • Eggs
    • Lemon Instant Pudding Mix
    • Sour cream

    Lemon Loaf Glaze Ingredients:

    • Butter
    • Powdered Sugar
    • Lemon Juice
    • Lemon Extract

    This lemon glaze is made with melted butter, powdered sugar, lemon juice, and lemon extract. It is poured all over the lemon loaf. You can make it thinner or thicker depending on preference.

    This Lemon Loaf with Lemon Glaze is so perfect to wrap as a gift to give to friends, new neighbors, or to make for your family. 

    This moist Lemon Bread is even better than the Starbucks lemon loaf! This lemon loaf is made with fresh lemon juice, lemon zest, and lemon extract for an extra burst of lemon flavor. This is the best lemon bread recipe ever!

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    This moist Lemon Bread is even better than the Starbucks lemon loaf! This lemon loaf is made with fresh lemon juice, lemon zest, and lemon extract for an extra burst of lemon flavor. This is the best lemon bread recipe ever!

    Recommended Baking Tools:

     

    USA Aluminum Bread Pan

    (my favorite!)

     

    KitchenAid Mixer

     

    Parchment Paper

     

    Lemon Zester

     
    This moist Lemon Bread is even better than the Starbucks lemon loaf! This lemon loaf is made with fresh lemon juice, lemon zest, and lemon extract for an extra burst of lemon flavor. This is the best lemon bread recipe ever!
     
    This moist Lemon Bread is even better than the Starbucks lemon loaf! This lemon loaf is made with fresh lemon juice, lemon zest, and lemon extract for an extra burst of lemon flavor. This is the best lemon bread recipe ever!

    The Best Lemon Loaf Bread

    Modern Honey® - www.modernhoney.com
    This moist Lemon Bread is even better than the Starbucks lemon loaf! This lemon loaf is made with fresh lemon juice, lemon zest, and lemon extract for an extra burst of lemon flavor. This is the best lemon bread recipe ever!
    5 from 1 vote
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    Prep Time 15 mins
    Cook Time 45 mins
    Course Breakfast Breads, Breakfast/Snack, Dessert, Dessert or Breakfast
    Cuisine American
    Servings 8

    Ingredients
      

    • 1 ½ cups Flour
    • 1 teaspoon Baking Powder
    • ½ teaspoon Salt
    • (1) 3.4 ounce pkg. Instant Lemon Pudding Mix
    • 1 cup Sugar
    • 4 Tablespoons Butter (softened)
    • ⅓ cup Oil
    • 3 large Eggs
    • 1 cup Sour Cream (full-fat)
    • Lemon Zest (from one lemon)
    • ⅓ cup Fresh Lemon Juice
    • 2 teaspoons Lemon Extract

    Lemon Glaze:

    • 4 Tablespoons Butter (melted)
    • 1 ¾ cups Powdered Sugar
    • 3 Tablespoons Lemon Juice
    • 1 teaspoon Lemon Extract

    Instructions
     

    • Preheat oven to 350 degrees. Line a 9 x 5 bread pan with parchment paper or spray with non-stick cooking spray.
    • In a large mixing bowl, add flour, baking powder, salt, dry instant pudding mix, and sugar. Stir.
    • Add softened butter, oil, eggs, sour cream, lemon zest, lemon juice, and lemon extract. Mix together until all ingredients are combined.
    • Pour into bread pan and place in the oven and bake for 45-55 minutes or until the center of the bread comes out clean when a toothpick is inserted. If the bread is becoming too brown, carefully tent a piece of foil on the top of the bread to allow the center of the bread to still cook.
    • Remove from the oven and let cool for at least 20 minutes before removing the bread and placing on a cooling rack.

    Lemon Glaze:

    • In a bowl, whisk together melted butter, powdered sugar, lemon juice, and lemon extract. You can add more lemon juice if you want a thinner glaze. Once the bread has completely cooled, drizzle the glaze all over the top. You can refrigerate if you want to serve it chilled or serve it at room temperature.

    Notes

    If you want the lemon loaf to be extra bright yellow, add a few drops of yellow food coloring to the lemon loaf batter.
    Keyword lemon bread, lemon loaf, starbucks lemon loaf
    Tried this recipe?Let us know how it was!

     

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    1. Linda

      August 03, 2022 at 6:48 pm

      Haven't tried yet, but is it absolutely necessary to add the lemon extract? Reason I ask, is that it probably not cheap & wouldn't use it hardly ever unless I"m constantly making this bread or other lemon desserts. Thanks!

      Reply
      • Modern Honey

        August 03, 2022 at 8:02 pm

        Hi Linda! This is a great question. You can leave it out and just use lemon juice and zest. I would suggest adding the zest of two lemons instead of one for extra lemon flavor. 🙂

        Reply
        • Linda

          August 03, 2022 at 8:55 pm

          The glaze though would probably have to either have more lemon juice or the extract because the zest wouldn't be baked like in the bread for the glaze. It would probably be strange to have those bits of chewy bitter zest in the glaze, no? Thanks.

          Reply
    2. Carol who loves all things lemon

      August 08, 2022 at 7:33 pm

      5 stars
      I have made this Lemon Loaf Bread about four times in the last month. I make it for neighbors and friends and everyone loves it. I absolutely can't keep it around too long because I could eat the whole thing in one day....it is delicious! I usually add extra zest because I like it really lemony....either way it is SO GOOD!!!

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