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Pistachio Lemon Breakfast Bread

A delightful blend of pistachio and lemon creates a moist and tender breakfast bread, perfect for brunch or gifting, topped with a sweet-tart lemon glaze.
Prep Time 20 minutes
Cook Time 55 minutes
Total Time 1 hour 35 minutes
Servings: 10 slices
Course: Breakfast, Brunch, Snack
Cuisine: American
Calories: 200

Ingredients
  

For the Bread
  • 1.5 cups all-purpose flour
  • 1 teaspoon baking powder
  • 0.5 teaspoon baking soda
  • 0.5 teaspoon fine salt
  • 0.75 cups granulated sugar
  • 2 large eggs, room temperature
  • 0.5 cups plain whole-milk yogurt or sour cream
  • 0.33 cups neutral oil (vegetable, canola, or light olive oil)
  • 2 tablespoons unsalted butter, melted
  • 2 tablespoons fresh lemon juice
  • 1 tablespoon lemon zest from about 2 medium lemons
  • 1 teaspoon pure vanilla extract
  • 0.75 cups shelled pistachios, roughly chopped divided into 1/2 cup for batter and 1/4 cup for topping
For the Lemon Glaze
  • 1 cup powdered sugar, sifted
  • 2-3 tablespoons fresh lemon juice
  • 1 teaspoon lemon zest
  • 1-2 tablespoons chopped pistachios for garnish on top of glaze (optional)

Method
 

Preparation
  1. Preheat your oven to 350 degrees F (175 degrees C). Prepare a 9 x 5 inch loaf pan by greasing it with butter or nonstick spray and lining it with parchment paper.
  2. Zest the lemons before juicing and measure out the required lemon juice.
  3. Roughly chop pistachios, setting aside portions as specified for the batter and topping.
Mixing the Ingredients
  1. In a medium bowl, whisk together flour, baking powder, baking soda, and salt. In another bowl, whisk together sugar and eggs until pale yellow.
  2. Add yogurt, oil, melted butter, lemon juice, lemon zest, and vanilla extract to the egg mixture. Mix until smooth.
  3. Fold the wet ingredients into the dry ingredients until just combined, then fold in the chopped pistachios.
Baking
  1. Pour batter into the prepared loaf pan and top with reserved pistachios. Bake for 50 to 55 minutes, testing for doneness with a toothpick.
  2. Cool in the pan for 15 minutes, then transfer to a wire cooling rack to cool completely.
Making the Glaze
  1. Whisk together powdered sugar, lemon juice, and lemon zest for the glaze. Adjust consistency with more juice or sugar as needed.
  2. Once the loaf is cool, drizzle the glaze over the bread and allow it to set.

Notes

Use fresh lemon juice for best flavor; don’t skip the yogurt for moisture; allow the bread to cool completely before slicing for clean cuts.