Luscious Lemon Bread - cooking recipe

Ingredients

1/4 tsp. salt
1 c. sugar
1/2 c. shortening
2 eggs
1/4 tsp. baking powder
2 1/4 c. sifted flour
1 c. milk
grated rind of 1 lemon (save lemon)
1/2 c. chopped nuts (walnuts or pecans)

Preparation

Cream 2/3 cup of sugar and shortening.
Add eggs and stir. Add dry ingredients alternately with milk.
Add lemon rind and nuts. Bake at 350\u00b0 in a well greased loaf pan for 1 hour.
While bread is baking, combine remaining 1/3 cup of sugar and juice of saved lemon.
As soon as you take the bread out of the oven, poke holes in it with a toothpick and drizzle the lemon sugar mixture over it.
Let stand in the pan until cooled.