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This Kefir Lemon Bread is bursting with lemony flavor and kefir makes it wonderfully moist and light.
5 from 7 votes

Kefir Lemon Bread

A super moist and lemony bread with a quick lemon jam on the top.
Yields: 10 servings
PREP 10 minutes
COOK 50 minutes
TOTAL 1 hour

INGREDIENTS
  

For the bread:

  • 3 eggs
  • 1 cup sugar
  • 1 cup kefir
  • ½ cup sunflower oil grape seed, light olive oil, coconut oil are ok too
  • 2 teaspoons lemon zest
  • tablespoons lemon juice
  • 2 cups flour
  • teaspoon baking powder

For the jam on the top:

  • 2 lemons
  • 2 tablespoon sugar
  • ¾ cup water

INSTRUCTIONS
 

For the bread:

  • Preheat oven at 350F. Butter a loaf pan and line it with parchment paper.
  • Cream eggs and sugar well. Add in kefir, oil, lemon zest and lemon juice.
  • Sift the flour into a bowl. Add it with baking powder into the wet mixture and mix just until combined.
  • Pour the batter in the prepared pan. Bake about 50 minutes or until a toothpick inserted comes out clean.
  • Let it cool before removing from the pan and slice.
  • Serve with extra lemon zest or lemon jam and rosemary.

For the lemon jam:

  • Slice the lemon zest thinly(mostly without the white parts), put them in a small pan, add sugar and water in it.
  • Heat it over medium heat stirring occasionaly until the sugar melts. Let it simmer until thickens.
  • Then you can take it from heat and garnish your cake.

NUTRITION

Calories: 315kcalCarbohydrates: 45gProtein: 5gFat: 13gSaturated Fat: 2gPolyunsaturated Fat: 1gMonounsaturated Fat: 10gTrans Fat: 0.01gCholesterol: 52mgSodium: 44mgPotassium: 79mgFiber: 1gSugar: 24gVitamin A: 126IUVitamin C: 13mgCalcium: 54mgIron: 2mg

Nutrition information is automatically calculated, so should only be used as an approximation.

ADDITIONAL INFO

Course Dessert
Cuisine American
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