ZUCCHINI BREAD from Linda with Nancy Swinyard’s Mom's

ZUCCHINI BREAD from Linda with Nancy Swinyard’s Mom's note at the end

1 ¾ c flour

2 ¼ t baking powder

½ t salt

1/3 c shortening

2/3 c sugar

1 t grated lemon rind

2 beaten eggs

1 c grated zucchini

½ c broken nutmeats

Preheat oven to 350 degrees.

Sift flour, baking powder & salt.

Blend shortening, sugar & lemon rind.

Beat eggs into mixture.

Add zucchini.

Add dry ingredients and then nuts.

Pour into a medium sized greased loaf pan.

Bake about 1 hour or until done.

Cool before slicing.

Mom noted: “I used 1 tsp lemon extract in place of lemon rind.  Mixture was thick but made a good bread.  Especially good cold from refrig. on the hot days!”