Luscious Lemon Bread

9 ingredients
6 steps

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)

Directions

  1. 1
    Cream 2/3 cup of sugar and shortening.
  2. 2
    Add eggs and stir. Add dry ingredients alternately with milk.
  3. 3
    Add lemon rind and nuts. Bake at 350° in a well greased loaf pan for 1 hour.
  4. 4
    While bread is baking, combine remaining 1/3 cup of sugar and juice of saved lemon.
  5. 5
    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.
  6. 6
    Let stand in the pan until cooled.

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