Lemon Bread

½ cup shorting
1 cup sugar
2 eggs
½ cup milk
1 ¼ cups flour
1 tsp salt
½ cup finely chopped nuts
Grated rind from one lemon

Directions
Cream shorting and sugar together and add eggs. Sift flour, baking powder, and salt and add alternately with milk. Add nuts and grated lemon rind. Bake 1 hour at 350. Remove from pan and pierce slightly with a skewer or a two-tined fork. Top while hot with 2-3 Tbl lemon juice mixed with ¼ cup sugar. Cool before serving.