Lemon Breakfast Bread

I was looking for a lemon bread recipe and found several. After several revisions this is the best tasting and moist bread I came up with; it has variations of flavors.

Original recipe makes 12 servings

Ingredients

Bread:
1 1/2 cups white sugar
1 cup applesauce
3/4 cup vegetable oil
3 eggs
1 1/2 teaspoons dried lemon peel (such as Penzey’s)
1 teaspoon lemon extract
3/4 cup milk
2 1/2 cups all-purpose flour
1 1/2 teaspoons baking powder
3/4 teaspoon salt
Glaze:
1/2 cup white sugar
1 tablespoon water, or as needed
1/2 teaspoon lemon extract

PREP

15 mins
COOK

1 hr 15 mins
READY IN

1 hr 30 mins

Directions

Preheat oven to 325 degrees F (165 degrees C). Grease a loaf pan.
Stir 1 1/2 cups sugar, applesauce, oil, and eggs together in a bowl; add lemon peel and 1 teaspoon lemon extract. Pour milk into applesauce mixture and stir.
Whisk flour, baking powder, and salt together in a bowl. Add flour mixture to applesauce mixture; stir until well-combined. Pour batter into prepared loaf pan.
Bake in the preheated oven until toothpick inserted in the center of the loaf comes out clean, about 75 minutes. Let bread rest in the pan for 10 minutes before removing to a wire rack to cool.
Whisk 1/2 cup sugar, water, and 1/2 teaspoon lemon extract together in a saucepan over medium heat until sugar is melted and has a thick glaze consistency, 1 to 2 minutes. Poke several holes in the top of the warm bread and brush glaze over loaf.