It was a loaf baking kind of day over here, I love lemon anything and I was eyeing a few lemons sitting on my counter... and well here is the result of that, a delicious glazed lemon loaf! It is simple to make and full of flavor with just enough sweetness to finish it off. You could leave off the glaze to save a point per slice but I love the bit of sweet you get biting into each slice. Serves 10 at 4 smart points each
Glazed lemon loaf
4-5PP, 4SP blue & purple, 5SP green
Ingredients
- 3 eggs
- ¼ cup sugar
- ¾ cup plain non fat greek yogurt
- â…“ cup unsweetened applesauce
- 1 tablespoon lemon zest I use fresh from the lemon
- 1.5 tablespoon lemon extract
- 1 tablespoon fresh squeezed lemon
- 2 teaspoon baking powder
- 1.5 cups flour
- FOR THE GLAZE
- 3 tablespoon icing sugar confectionary sugar
- 1.5 teaspoon fresh squeezed lemon juice
Instructions
- Preheat oven to 350F and spray a regular size loaf pan with some cooking spray.
- In a bowl whisk the eggs and sugar together. Sti in the yogurt, apple sauce, lemon juice, lemon extract and lemon zest.
- Mix in the flour and baking powder, pour batter into your loaf pan and bake in the oven for 45-50 minutes or until loaf is baked right through.
- Let cool then remove carefully from the pan. In a small bowl mix your icing sugar and lemon juice together to make the glaze, pour over the loaf. Cut into 10 equal servings. *Note- this loaf is a bit denser of a loaf due to ingredients used, it will drop a little after cooling.
- The loaf is best stored in the fridge after day one and will freeze well.
Notes
Personal Points- 4-5 depending on your 0PP foods
Freestyle smart points- (blue & purple) 4 using WW recipe builder
Smart Points- (green) 5 using SP calculator
Points Plus- 3 using PP calculator
Nutritional info per serving.. Calories.. 133...Fat 2.2g...Sat fat 0.8g...Carbs 22.4g...Fiber 0.6g...Sugar 8.9g...Protein 5g using My Fitness Pal
Tried this recipe?Let us know how it was!
Nicole Trevisan
Do you have a facbook page where you post recipes too?
Drizzle
I do.. just search "Drizzlemeskinny" on FB and you will find me, or there is a link on the side bar on my home page on my blog 🙂
Barb
I tried this today and really enjoyed it. Thanks for another good one.
Drizzle
Hi Barb, so glad you enjoyed it 🙂
Barb
I wanted to share that I tried this with a zero point lemon curd in the middle. Yum! Good recipe!
Drizzle
Thanks for sharing Barb, sounds delicious.. Glad you enjoyed it 🙂
Pat
I replaced the sugar with Swerve and the confectioners sugar with Swerve Confectioners sugar and it is 2 points per slice for 8 slices 🙂
Drizzle
Thanks for sharing Pat 🙂 Hope you enjoyed it!
Meghan A Talasco
Mine came out a little spongey in the middle. Would you recommend just cooking a little longer next time?
Drizzle
Yeah, you can try a little longer, ovens can vary.. it is a bit denser than the usual store bought loaf but that said it should not be spongy .. None the less I hope you enjoyed it
Meghan Talasco
It was still very good! It looks like your batter was a bit thicker than mine for some reason. I'll try it at a higher temp next time. I made this with the truvia baking blend instead of sugar and it came out great. and only 3pts per slice!
Drizzle
I'm glad you enjoyed it.. I wonder if the truvia made a difference in baking? I'm not sure as I have never used it, I doubt it would.. You could add in an extra Tbsp or two of flour if you think thicking up the batter might help
Carla Bullard
What kind of flour?
Drizzle
I always use all-purpose unless otherwise stated 🙂
Michelle L Mercer
This looks delicious!! Would using 1.5c Kodiak mix (instead of flour/baking powder) work? I see a lot of recipes using this mix to lower points but I haven't tried it yet.
Drizzle
Hi Michelle, yes I think Kodiak mix will work just as well 🙂
Jackie
Hi there,
How do you think this would hold up in a lamb cake mold for Easter?
Drizzle
Hi Jackie, it should hold up, it is a bit denser than your typical store-bought loaf due to ingredients used but I think it will be ok
Iisha
I don’t have applesauce on hand. Would you suggest a replacement or just omitting? TIA
Drizzle
If you omit it, it will likely be too dry, maybe a mashed banana?