A lovely, lemony loaf to enjoy with a cup of tea or coffee. This yummy quick bread is a favourite in our house and is gobbled up quickly. I hope you enjoy it too!
Lemon, Cranberry and Walnut Loaf - Gluten and Dairy Free
Ingredients
- 1/2 cup vegan butter, softened
- 3/4 cup sugar
- 1 tbsp lemon rind, grated
- 1 1/2 tbsp lemon juice
- 2 eggs
- 1 1/2 cups Bob’s Red Mill 1:1 Gluten Free Flour
- 1 tsp baking powder
- 1/2 tsp salt
- 1/2 cup soy milk
- 3/4 cup dried cranberries
- 1/2 cup walnuts, chopped
- 1/2 cup powdered icing sugar
- 1 – 2 tbsp lemon juice
Directions
- Preheat oven to 350f.
- Grease a 9x5x3″ loaf pan well and set aside.
- In a large bowl, cream the butter, sugar, lemon juice and grated lemon rind with an electric mixer.
- Add the eggs, one at a time, beating well after each addition.
- In a medium bowl, combine the flour, baking powder and salt.
- Using a rubber spatula, stir in 1/3 of the flour mixture until just incorporated. Then add in half the milk, stirring until just combined.
- Stir in the next 1/3 of flour until just incorporated. Then add the remaining milk, stirring until just combined, followed by the remaining flour. Do NOT over mix.
- Gently fold in the cranberries and walnuts.
- Pour the batter into the prepared loaf pan.
- Bake in the centre of the oven for about 1 hour or until toothpick inserted in center comes out clean.
- Cool for 10 minutes before removing from pans to wire cooling rack.
- Cool bread completely.
- To prepare the icing, combine the powdered icing sugar and 1 tbsp of lemon juice until the sugar is completely incorporated. If the icing is too thick to drizzle add more lemon juice 1 tsp at a time. Drizzle icing over loaf.
- Recipe Notes
- It is very important to not overmix the batter as it will result in a tough dense loaf.
- My preferred vegan butter is Becel Plant Based Buttery Sticks.
- Feel free to double this recipe to make two loaves.
- As is the case with most gluten free baked goods, this loaf tastes best when eaten within a day or two.
- It freezes well. Slice the loaf and wrap each slice individually and place in a large freezer bag before placing the bag in the freezer.
Yummy Gluten Free 