Apple Bread

Ingredients

1 cup sugar
1/2 cup shortening
2 eggs
1 teaspoon vanilla
2 cups flour
1 teaspoon baking powder
1 teaspoon baking soda
1/2 teaspoon salt
2 cups chopped, pared, apples
1/2 cup chopped nuts
1 tablespoon sugar
1/4 teaspoon cinnamon

Instructions

Heat oven to 350 degrees. Grease and flour loaf pan.

Mix 1 cup sugar, shortening, eggs and vanilla. Combine flour, baking powder, baking soda and salt and add to sugar mixture. Stir in apples and nuts. Spread in pan.

Mix 1 tablespoon sugar and cinnamon. Sprinkle over batter.

Bake 50-60 minutes until wooden toothpick comes out clean.

Immediately remove from pan. Cool before slicing.