Lemon Lemon Loaf

This is what Teddy does each morning. She bolts out the back door across the patio until she encounters the snow and slams on her brakes. And then she eats a little bit of it. She is eating her way to Spring.



My driveway planter.




An unusual combination.




Salt fail.


Gutter strain.


Suspended animation.


Suspended animation part II.


Though I love winter, I thought maybe it was time for a touch of Spring baking.


I love lemon flavored anything.


I think lemon screams spring.


I have been doing so much heavy winter comfort food that I thought it would be a good surprise to everyone to open their lunches to something unexpected.


I packed extras for my daughter's co-workers.


We are barely 6 weeks away from Easter after all.....and 7 months from Halloween for those that are counting.


When baking loaves of bread that tend to stick, it is a good idea to add a strip of parchment paper sprayed with cooking spray. You can then lift the loaf right out of the pan.


This is my new favorite cookbook.


And here is the recipe.


This recipe calls for an intensely flavored lemon syrup.


Which burns if you neglect it while blogging.


After the loaves have finished baking...


They are poked all over with a skewer.


Then brushed with the lemon syrup on the tops....


poked again on the sides.


Brushed with more syrup.



Glazed with a lemon icing.



Left to sit for a while until they are firm enough to cut.

Welcome to an early taste of spring.