Nana's Lemon Bread

My grandmother has the gift of hospitality. Her house is known as "the house of five desserts", a very good thing for those of us with a sweet tooth :) This is one of the treats I always associate with Nana, and even after a couple tweaks (coconut oil instead of margarine and less sugar) tastes just as good!

Nana’s Lemon Bread
(Aka Shaker Lemon Bread)

Ingredients for the bread-
1/3 c. coconut oil
1/2 cup sugar
2 eggs
1 ½ cup all purpose flour
1 ½ tsp. baking powder
¼ tsp. salt
½ cup milk – divided
Grated rind of 1 lemon
½ cup chopped pecans or walnuts optional (I don't remember eating it with nuts, will have to try it sometime!)

Ingredients for the glaze-
½ cup sugar
juice of 1 lemon

Heat oven to 350 degrees

Cream the shortening and sugar until light and fluffy.
Add eggs one at a time. Beat well after each addition. Mix together dry ingredients. Add 1/3 to egg mixture followed by 1/3 milk. Repeat twice more.
Fold in lemon rind and nuts, if used. Spoon into well greased 9x5x3 loaf pan. Bake 45 to 55 minutes or until done.

Combine glaze ingredients. Mix well. As soon as bread comes out of the oven, spoon on the glaze. Cool before removing from pan.

*This was really yummy served with tomato jam!!