Nut Bread

Ingredients

• 2/3 cup sugar
• 1/4 cup shortening
• 2 eggs
• 2 cups all-purpose flour
• 3 teaspoons baking powder
• 1/2 teaspoon salt
• 1 cup orange juice or milk
• 1/2 teaspoon vanilla extract
• 2/3 cup chopped nuts (any kind you like)

Directions

1. 1

   Cream together sugar and shortening.

2. 2

   Add eggs, one at a time, mixing well after each addition.

3. 3

   Combine flour, baking powder and salt in a separate bowl and stir together.

4. 4

   Reserve a small amount of the flour mixture and mix in the nuts.

5. 5

   Combine orange juice and vanilla extract.

6. 6

   Add flour mixture and juice mixture alternately to creamed mixture, starting and ending with flour mixture.

7. 7

   (I do flour-liquid-flour-liquid-flour).

8. 8

   Stir in floured nuts.

9. 9

   Pour batter into a greased and floured loaf pan and bake in a preheated 350F oven about 50 minutes, or until tester inserted in center comes out clean.