Fresh Apple-Nut Bread - cooking recipe

Ingredients

1/4 c. butter or margarine, softened
1 c. packed light brown sugar
2 eggs
2 c. flour
1 tsp. baking soda
1/4 tsp. salt
1/2 tsp. grated lemon rind
1 tsp. cinnamon
1/4 tsp. nutmeg
1 c. grated apple
1/2 c. buttermilk
3/4 c. chopped walnuts

Preparation

Cream butter; add sugar, beating well at medium speed of an electric mixer.
Add eggs, one at a time, beating well after each addition.
Combine next 7 ingredients; add to creamed mixture alternately with buttermilk, beginning and ending with flour mixture.
Stir in walnuts.
Bake in 9 x 5 x 3-inch loaf pan at 350\u00b0 for 55 to 60 minutes.
Cool in pan 10 minutes.
Remove and cool on wire rack.
Yields 1 loaf.