Strawberry Bread with Lemon Icing

🧂 Ingredients

• 2 cups all-purpose flour
• 2 teaspoons baking powder
• 1/2 teaspoon baking soda
• 1/2 teaspoon salt
• 2 teaspoons lemon zest
• 2 large eggs
• 1 cup granulated sugar
• 1 cup buttermilk
• 1/3 cup vegetable oil
• 2 teaspoons pure vanilla extract
• 1 1/2 cups fresh strawberries

  chopped and tossed in 1 tablespoon of flour
• Additional strawberries for garnishing the top
• 1 cup confectioners’ sugar
• 1 teaspoon lemon juice
• 2 tablespoons milk
• 4 1/2 cups confectioners’ sugar
• 1/3 cup butter

  softened
• Juice of 1 lemon
• milk to achieve desired consistency

Instructions

• 1 Preheat oven to 350°F and spray a 9×5 loaf pan with nonstick spray.
• 2 In a large bowl, whisk the flour, baking powder, baking soda, salt, and lemon
  zest until combined. Set aside.
• 3 In a separate bowl, whisk the eggs, sugar until combined. Then whisk in the
  buttermilk, oil, and vanilla. Add the egg mixture to the flour mixture and
  gently whisk until combined and smooth. For the softest texture, try to not
  overmix the batter. Fold in the chopped strawberries.
• 4 Bake the bread for 50 minutes to 1 hour or until a toothpick inserted in the
  middle comes out mostly clean. Allow the strawberry bread to cool completely in
  the pan before removing to a rack to glaze, ice, or slice.
• 5 Whisk ingredients until a smooth glaze develops. Add confectioners' sugar and
  milk to achieve the desired consistency.
• 6 Beat butter until fluffy, then gradually add 2 cups of confectioners' sugar,
  beating well. Slowly mix in the lemon juice and additional milk to achieve the
  desired consistency.

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