Crock Pot Lemon Bread

Lemon Bread
Fix-It and Forget-It Diabetic Cookbook, page 250

Cooking Time: 2-2 1/4 Hours
Ideal slow cooker size: 4-qt.

Ingredients:
¼ cup canola oil
6 Tbsp. sugar
sugar substitute to equal 3 Tbsp.
2 eggs, beaten -- I always add an extra egg to my cakes to add moisture and texture.
1 ⅔ cups flour
1 ⅔ tsp. baking powder
½ tsp. salt
½ cup fat-free milk
4 ozs. chopped walnuts
grated peel from 1 lemon

Glaze:
¼ cup powdered sugar
juice of 1 lemon -- I use orange juice :)


1. Cream together oil, sugar, and sugar substitute. Add eggs. Mix well.
2. Sift together flour, baking powder, and salt. Add flour mixture and milk alternately to shortening mixture.
3. Stir in nuts and lemon peel.
4. Spoon batter into well-greased 2-pound coffee can and cover with well-greased tin foil.
Place in cooker set on High for 2-2 ¼ hours, or until done. Remove bread from coffee can.
5. Mix together powdered sugar and lemon juice. Pour over loaf.
6. Serve plain or with cream cheese.