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just pulled this out of the oven, and it is delicious when cooled and iced.

Key Lime Bread Recipe for 2 loaves 16 slices each

http://www.tasteofhome.com/recipes/key-lime-bread

Key Lime Bread Recipe photo by Taste of Home

“I first tasted this deliciously different bread at a friend's house, and she graciously shared the recipe with me,” says Joan Hallford of North Richland Hills, Texas. “It's so easy to make and absolutely yummy!”

Key key Lime Bread Recipe

• Prep: 15 min. Bake: 50 min. + cooling

15 50 65 Ingredients

• 2/3 cup butter, softened
• 2 cups sugar
• 4 eggs
• 2 tablespoons grated lime peel
• 2 tablespoons key lime juice
• 1 teaspoon vanilla extract
• 3 cups all-purpose flour
• 3 teaspoons baking powder
• 1 teaspoon salt
• 1 cup milk
• 1 cup chopped walnuts (i used 1 cup chopped peanuts)
  
• GLAZE:
• 2/3 cup confectioners' sugar (can make table sugar into powdered using vitamix)
  
• 1 to 2 tablespoons key lime juice

Directions

• Preheat oven to 350°. In a large bowl, cream butter and sugar until light and fluffy. Beat in eggs. Beat in lime peel, juice and vanilla. Combine flour, baking powder and salt; gradually add to creamed mixture alternately with milk, beating well after each addition. Fold in walnuts.
• Transfer to two greased 9x5-in. loaf pans. Bake 50-55 minutes or until a toothpick inserted in center comes out clean. Cool 10 minutes before removing from pans to wire racks.
• Combine confectioners' sugar and enough lime juice to achieve desired consistency; drizzle over warm bread. Cool completely. Yield: 2 loaves (16 slices each).

Nutritional Facts 1 slice equals 173 calories, 7 g fat (3 g saturated fat), 37 mg cholesterol, 150 mg sodium, 25 g carbohydrate, 1 g fiber, 3 g protein.