Lemon Nut Bread

[Darlene]

1/2 cup shortening and 1 cup sugar
Cream together, add 2 eggs slightly beaten. Mix well.
1 1/4 cups flour and 1/2 tsp, salt
added alternately with 1/2 cup milk. Mix well.
Add 1 tsp. lemon extract or grated peel of 1 lemon. Then add 1/2 cup chopped nuts.

Bake at 350° for about an hour in greased loaf pan.
Mix 1/2 cup sugar with 1 TBSP. lemon juice and heat until sugar melts, pour over warm bread Enjoy.

[seleach]

Wendy Michelle gave this recipe a blue ribbon.

Congrats Darlene. This does sound good and I will be trying it.

Thank you Wendy for being a recipe tester and testing this recipe.

Please post your comments in the Jan. 2010 recipe tester thread.
January 2010 Recipe Tester Club

[Pag36]

congrats on winning recipie sounds good

[cat lover]

Sounds like just what I need to go with my cup of hot tea!

[Minny]

Darlene, sounds delicious.. I'll be trying this one for sure! Congrats on the blue ribbon. Thanks to Wendy for testing it.

[WendyMichelle]

Howdy All...

I did indeed test this recipe and yahoo, it was great...
I would make it again and again. Everyone did like it and the taste was very refreshing. Good recipe!!!

- substitutions you had to make and why recipe called for 1/2 tsp salt but I only used 1/4 tsp and it was fine...
I used the lemon extract and also the grated lemon peel...
I chose chopped pecans as my nut of choice...
Upon serving I did garnish the top of the bread with grated lemon peel and some chopped pecans...
- were instructions easy to follow very easy instructions...
- did you/your family enjoy the recipe yes, we did enjoy this bread, was a great taste for breakfast....
- any other comments you would like to include I think that this bread would be a wonderful gift as either a whole regular sized loaf, 4 mini loaves, or also muffins...