Lemon Bread - cooking recipe

Ingredients

1/3 c. shortening
2 eggs
1 1/2 tsp. baking powder
1/2 c. milk
1/2 c. chopped pecans
juice of 1 lemon
1 c. sugar
1 1/2 c. sifted flour
1/4 tsp. salt
grated rind of 1 lemon
1/3 c. sugar

Preparation

Cream
shortening;
gradually
add
1 cup sugar, beating well. Add eggs, 1 at a time, beating well after each addition. Combine flour, baking powder
and
salt; add to creamed mixture alternately with milk, beginning and ending with flour mixture. Mix well after each addition.
Stir
in
rind and pecans.
Pour batter into a greased loaf pan.
Bake at 350\u00b0 for 50 minutes or until
a
wooden pick
inserted
in
center
comes
out
clean. Combine 1/3 cup sugar
and
lemon juice, stirring well; immediately pour over bread in
pan.
Cool
in pan 10 minutes; remove from pan and cool completely on wire rack.