Fresh Apple Bread

1 cup sugar
1/2 cup shortening
2 eggs, beaten
1 cup grated apples
1/2 tsp. salt
1 tsp. soda
1 cup pecans
1 1/2 Tbsp. buttermilk
1/2 tsp. vanilla
3 Tbsp. sugar
1 tsp. cinnamon

Cream sugar and shortening. Add eggs and apple. Mix in sifted dry ingredients to which pecans have been added. Stir in buttermilk and vanilla. Pour into greased loaf pan. Sprinkle top with a mixture of sugar and cinnamon. Bake at 350 degrees for 1 hour.