Coconut Bread (Jannie and Leisa)

4 eggs                                                 ½ tsp. baking soda

2 cups sugar                                         ½ tsp. salt

1 cup shortening                                   3 cups flour

2 tsp. coconut flavoring                         1 cup coconut

1 cup buttermilk                                   1 cup walnuts or pecans, chopped

Glaze:

½ cup sugar

½ cup water

2 TBS. butter

1 tsp. coconut flavoring.

Beat eggs, sugar, shortening and coconut flavoring.  Then add remaining ingredients.  Put in 2 large loaf pans or 3 small loaf pans.  Bake at 325° for 50-60 minutes.  Cut around sides with knife & poke holes with tooth pick all over top of bread.  Pour glaze over bread.

Glaze – Boil sugar, water and butter.  Then stir in coconut flavoring.