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Very Lemon Pecan Bread

The only hard part is waiting the 24 hours to slice and eat - I think I waited just long enough so I wouldn't burn my tongue! However, it was indeed better the next morning, so try to plan ahead and exercise a little self-control! Relatively low fat, as far as these kinds of quick breads go.

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Ingredients

Bread

  • 1/3 cup butter, melted
  • 1 cup granulated sugar
  • 3 tablespoons lemon extract (I used ONE tablespoon - still nice and lemony)
  • 2 eggs
  • Grated peel of one lemon (yellow part only - about 1 1/2 tablespoons)
  • 1 1/2 cups all-purpose flour
  • 1 teaspoon baking powder
  • 1 teaspoon salt
  • 1/2 cup finely chopped pecans
  • 1/2 cup milk

Glaze

  • 1/2 cup granulated sugar
  • Juice of 1 lemon (about 1/4 cup)

Instructions

  1. Grease and flour a 9 x 5 x 3-inch loaf pan (I tried non-stick spray without good success). Heat oven to 350 degrees F.

Bread

  1. In a bowl, mix melted butter, sugar, lemon extract and lemon peel. Beat in eggs.
  2. Stir together flour, baking powder, salt and nuts. Alternately add flour mixture and milk to the butter mixture, stirring just enough to blend - do not over-stir, or loaf may be "tough." Pour into prepared pan and bake in preheated oven for 50 - 60 minutes, or just until loaf tests done, i.e. wooden pick inserted in center comes out clean. Do not overbake or loaf may be "dry." Shortly before bread is done, prepare Glaze.

Glaze

  1. In a small saucepan over medium heat, stir together sugar and lemon juice until sugar is dissolved; remove from heatablespoons Allow loaf to remain in pan for about 5 minutes, then remove to wire rack for cooling.
  2. While loaf is still warm, brush prepared glaze over top of loaf, allowing it to soak down into loaf. Cool completely. Wrap in foil and store for 24 hours before slicing. This is the hard part!

Notes

Batter may be divided between 2 smaller pans; baking time will be reduced significantly - about 40 minutes should be sufficient. Again, do not overbake, or loaves may be "dry." Amount of glaze will be enough for both loaves.

Attribution

Posted by LuAnn at recipegoldmine.com (6/15/01 12:32:32 pm).

Source: Adapted from Women's Circle Home Cooking magazine; recipe originally submitted by Agnes Ward.



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