Mincemeat Nut Bread

Total Time: 1 hr 35 mins Preparation Time: 15 mins Cook Time: 1 hr 20 mins

Ingredients

• 1 1/2 cups all-purpose flour
• 3/4 cup sugar
• 2 1/2 teaspoons baking powder
• 1/2 teaspoon salt
• 2 eggs, lightly beaten
• 3 tablespoons vegetable shortening, melted and cooled
• 1 teaspoon vanilla extract
• 1 1/3 cups prepared mincemeat
• 1/2 cup chopped walnuts
• powdered sugar

Recipe

• 1 preheat oven to 350 degrees.
• 2 grease a 9x5-inch loaf pan.
• 3 in a large bowl, sift together flour, sugar, baking powder, and salt.
• 4 in a medium bowl, cream eggs, vegetable shortening, and vanilla extract until light and fluffy.
• 5 fold in mincemeat and walnuts.
• 6 pour egg mixture into flour mixture.
• 7 stir until dry ingredients are moistened.
• 8 pour batter into prepared loaf pan and bake 55 to 60 minutes or until a toothpick inserted in center comes out clean.
• 9 remove from oven and cool on a wire rack 10 minutes.
• 10 remove from pan.
• 11 cool completely before slicing.
• 12 sprinkle top with powdered sugar.