Chuckwagon Pecan Bread Recipe
Ingredients
| All purpose flour | 3 Cup (16 tbs) | |
| Sugar | 1 Cup (16 tbs) | |
| Baking powder | 4 Teaspoon | |
| Salt | 1 Teaspoon | |
| 1 cup very finely chopped pecans | ||
| 2 teaspoons grated lemon rind | ||
| Eggs | 2 | |
| Milk | 1 Cup (16 tbs) | |
| Vegetable oil | 1/4 Cup (16 tbs) | |
| Pecan halves | ||
Directions
MAKING
1 Grease an 8x4x2-inch loaf pan.
2 In a large bowl,sift flour, sugar, baking powder, and salt.Stir in chopped pecans and lemon rind.
3 In a small bowl,beat eggs well with milk; stir in oil. Add all at once to the flour mixture, stir just until evenly moist. Turn into the prepared pan; spread on top evenly. Press pecan halves down the center of batter to decorate.
4 Bake in a slow oven at 325 degrees farenheit for 1 hour and 20 minutes, or until a wooden pick inserted in center comes out clean. Cool in the pan on a wire rack for 10 minutes. Loosen around the edges with a knife; turn out onto rack. Place right side up. Cool completely.
5 Wrap loaf in a waxed paper, foil, or transparent wrap.
SERVING
6 Cut into thin slices and serve.
TIP
Store overnight to mellow flavors and make slicing easier.
1 Grease an 8x4x2-inch loaf pan.
2 In a large bowl,sift flour, sugar, baking powder, and salt.Stir in chopped pecans and lemon rind.
3 In a small bowl,beat eggs well with milk; stir in oil. Add all at once to the flour mixture, stir just until evenly moist. Turn into the prepared pan; spread on top evenly. Press pecan halves down the center of batter to decorate.
4 Bake in a slow oven at 325 degrees farenheit for 1 hour and 20 minutes, or until a wooden pick inserted in center comes out clean. Cool in the pan on a wire rack for 10 minutes. Loosen around the edges with a knife; turn out onto rack. Place right side up. Cool completely.
5 Wrap loaf in a waxed paper, foil, or transparent wrap.
SERVING
6 Cut into thin slices and serve.
TIP
Store overnight to mellow flavors and make slicing easier.
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