Glazed Quick Apple Bread

This recipe did not win in 1967 Kansan`s Silver Spoon Cookbook. I think it should of.


Glazed Quick Apple Bread
Mrs .Sondra Rater

1/2 cup shortening
1 cup sugar
1 teaspoon vanilla2 eggs
2 cups flour
2 1/2 teaspoons baking powder
1/4 teaspoon salt
2 Tablespoon milk
1 cup unpared apples, finely chopped
3/4 cup nutmeats
1 teaspoon cinnamon

Cream shortening with sugar and vanilla until light and fluffy. Add eggs and beat well. Sift flour with baking powder, cinnamon and salt. Add milk, apples, nutmeats and dry ingredients. Stir only until flour is dampened. Pour batter into oiled loaf pan. Bake 50 to 60 minutes at 350 degrees. Cool. Remove bread from pan and pour glaze over it, letting drip down sides. Allow this glaze to set, then wrap tightly.
GLAZE
1/2 cup confectioners sugar
2 Tablespoons butter or margarine, melted
1 Tablespoon water
1/2 teaspoon cinnamon

Combine all ingredients and mix well. Pour over bread allowing to drip down sides.