Lemon Bread

By gstark

Ingredients

• 1/2 cup shortening
• 1 cup sugar
• 2 eggs, slightly beaten
• 1 1/4 cup flour, sifted
• 1 tsp baking powder
• 1/2 tsp salt
• 1/2 cup milk
• 1/2 cup chopped walnuts
• grated peel of one lemon
• 1/4 cup sugar
• juice of one lemon

Preparation

Step 1

Cream shortening with 1 cup sugar; mix in eggs. Sift flour again with baking powder and salt. Alternately, add the flour mixture and mild to shortening mixture stirring constantly.
Mix in nuts and lemon peel.

Bake in a greased 5x9 loaf pan LINE PAN WITH PARCHMENT PAPER

Bake 325
One hour

Combine 1/4 cup sugar with lemon juice and pour over top of loaf when it comes out of the oven.

REDUCE OVEN TO 300-325. LINE ENTIRE PAN WITH PARCHMENT PAPER