Directions

• Preheat oven to 350. Grease 9 x 5 loaf pan.
• Grate 1 T lemon peel and squeeze 4 1/2 t lemon juice.
• In large bowl, mix flour, baking powder, salt, and 1 1/2 cups sugar.
• With pastry blender, cut in butter until mixture resembles coarse crumbs.
• Stir in lemon peel.
• In small bowl beat eggs slightly; stir in milk.
• Stir egg mixture into flour mixture just until flour is moistened
• Fold in blueberries.
• Spoon mixture evenly into pan.
• Bake 1 hour and 15 mins or until toothpick inserted in center comes out clean.
• Cool in pan on rack 10 minutes; remove from pan.
• In 1-quart saucepan over medium high heat, heat lemon juice and 2 T sugar to boiling.
• Cook, stirring frequently, until mixture thickens slightly, about 5 minutes.
• With pastry brush, brush sugar mixture evenly over top of bread.
• Finish cooling bread on wire rack.